Chapter 4

Chapter 4

After the chastic, mud–slinging fight, screwed rickly tired, eager to ne hote it would all play ant

Kevin struggled to drag Stephanie away from the wee

Olivia’s face contorted in pain, her eyes brimming with tears the glanced at Chris Chris L.

Chris’s face twisted into a mask of rage

He barked at Kevin, still holding on to Stephanie. Get her out of herenow

Stephanie yanked at Kevin’s grip, but he wasn’t about to let go.

It was the first time he’d realized just how strong she was–he could barely hold her back.

“Come on. Miss Giovanni, let’s go, Kevin urged.

That’s when Stephanie suddenly remembered something.

“My bag! My bag, she rushed to say.

The bag she’d used to hit Chris was lying next to him. In a fit of fury, Chris grabbed it and hurled it at her.

Kevin snatched it out of the air just in time, shoving it into Stephanie’s arms. “Got it, let’s go.”

Finally, the chaos started to settle.

Kevin managed to drag Stephanie to the car, planning to take her home, but she wouldn’t have it.

She didn’t want to be anywhere near Chris–or anything related to him–so she drove off by herself.

Chris, still dazed from the blow to his head, stood frozen for a moment.

When his mind finally clicked back into place, his eyes landed on Olivia–her hair a mess and her leg swollen. His anger toward Stephanie flared up even more.

up into his arms. “I’m taking

Olivia’s eyes as she nodded weakly. She looked utterly

Kevin rushed to bring

where they’d parked, the car was gone.

the car,” Kevin said, his voice full

to drive Stephanie, but she’d been quick–and now she was gone in

face darkened

Kevin quickly added, “I’ll grab

for a response, Kevin dashed off–he had to

light

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Chapter 4

saw it was a call from her mother,

wasting any time, Cailin vnapped, “Come time tonight ww

of water, her voice list.

she knew ready what Carte wawe no ralk about–and she didn’t

voice, now tinged with annoyance, con through “Twy? with what? You

rise in her chee. She won Carline dmghter, but there was no love

care of

silence hung

exactly what Catlin

two years ago was

hadn’t left back then, she’d probably be sitting

that Olivia was back, Chris and the Hart family were clearly worried Stephanie would stir things up

couldn’t pretend anymore. Her voice softened slightly. “That’s all in

getting cold.

half–open window let in a sharp gust of wind, and Stephanie felt the chill sweep across her neck, biting into

moment, she almost

laced with irony. “Catlin, I almost died in that car crash. It’s only been three years. Remember what I looked like when they brought me

months in a hospital bed after

feared that if Stephanie returned to the

end Stephanie’s life, to make sure

mother,

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