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.

fell silent. I thought I heard her sniff, and it made me wonder if she was crying. When she responded,

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

me to see his smiling face as Ella ran up to him. He picked her up and put

do this?” my wolf asked, sounding unsure. “He is

out loud on accident, but caught myself just in time. “Yes,” I replied. “It’s for the best. I’d rather be alone forever than put my baby in

“Alright.”

horribly upset, but she was understanding of the situation. It

I feigned sickness and went straight to my room. I locked my door and

town. Once Ella and I would get there late that night, the plan was to change our clothes, wait for a couple of hours,

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

going to happen that night. 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

in Olivia by planning all of this. My wolf kept reminding me of that. But I felt as though I had no other choice, and it was the only way to protect myself, my baby, and Ella. Edrick and his family were far too powerful and dangerous,

time I either pretended to be asleep or I said that I was too sick to come out. Finally, it seemed as

heard Edrick putting Ella to bed in her room next door.

Ella was with Edrick, knowing that this was their last time that they would see each other. I listened tearfully as he

daddy,” Ella’s tiny voice said.

you

leaving the room, followed by the sound of Ella’s bedroom door closing. There was a pause, and then his footsteps

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