Chapter 184: Escape Plan

Moana

After I saw the video of Edrick putting something in my coffee, I knew that I needed to get out.

It both broke my heart and made me sick to think about leaving. I had been falling deeply in love with Edrick, and yet this entire time it turned out that he was secretly plotting something against me; I didn’t know what it was exactly that he was planning, but whatever it was certainly wasn’t good.

I needed to get myself and my baby out of there, and I planned on returning Ella to her rightful mother, too. Even though I knew that taking Ella and returning her to her mother could land me in prison, I was willing to take that risk for the sake of getting little Ella out of a household with a father who was dangerous and up to no good.

That afternoon, during my lunch break, I made my escape plan. I called Olivia as soon as I could and explained everything.

“Okay,” she said, taking a deep breath after I had told her all about the video evidence I had. “We’ll get you out of there.”

“And Ella, too,” I said.

and it made me wonder if she was crying. When she responded, she didn’t mention anything but

herself, like she was thinking deeply. Then, after a few more moments of silence, she seemed to have come up with something. “Here’s what

work, Edrick picked Ella and I up again as usual. It pained me to see his smiling face as Ella ran up to him. He picked her up and put her on his shoulders, and as we began

my wolf

but caught myself just in time. “Yes,” I replied. “It’s for

“Alright.”

but she was understanding of the situation. It was

got home, I feigned sickness and went straight to my room. I locked my door and then spent the remainder of the afternoon planning, preparing,

get there late that night, the plan was to change our clothes, wait for a

purchased three plane tickets to Europe. Apparently, when Olivia was first kicked out by Edrick she kept getting death threats and was being stalked by people who Edrick hired; she told me that she had changed her identity, purchased a fake ID, and that the “original” Olivia had essentially dropped off the face of the earth. She

I would withdraw all of my money, dump my phone and my wallet in the river on our way to the airport, and Olivia would give me a new ID. Once we were in

the only way to protect myself, my baby, and Ella. Edrick and his family were far too powerful and dangerous, and I was more willing to put my trust in a woman who I hardly knew at this point than

pretended to be asleep or I said that I was too sick to come

in her room next door. I

their last time that they would

tiny voice said. “I

love you

sound of Ella’s bedroom door closing. There was a pause, and then his footsteps came over

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