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.

his arms. “I’m taking you

welled up in Olivia’s eyes as she nodded

her like that, Kevin rushed to bring the car around.

when he reached the spot where they’d parked, the car

voice full of frustration as he

been quick–and now

face darkened even more.

Kevin quickly added, “I’ll grab another car from the

off–he had to get the

light to change, her phone buzzed.

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Chapter 4

it up and saw it was a call from her mother,

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

of water, her voice list. “Can’t Tak

she wasn’t buy at all, but she knew ready what Carte wawe no ralk about–and she didn’t want

with what? You haven’t even been trying with Chris?

won Carline dmghter, but there was no love in the relationship

take care

hung

knew exactly what

fallout with Olivia two years ago was

probably be sitting in a jail

family

anymore. Her voice softened slightly. “That’s all in the past, Stephanie. You

was getting cold.

let in a sharp gust of wind, and Stephanie felt the chill sweep across her neck, biting into her skin.

almost forgot

laugh, then spoke again, her voice laced with irony. “Catlin, I almost died in that

spent two whole months in a hospital bed after they

behind the crash. She feared that if Stephanie returned to the

been meant to end Stephanie’s life, to make sure she never came

Catlin, Stephanie’s own mother, was blaming her–the victim.

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