Chapter 185: The Cab Driver

Moana

Ella took my outstretched hand. As I helped her get up, she rubbed her eyes sleepily and looked up at me with more confusion written across her face.

“You’re taking me to meet my real mommy?” she murmured. “What do you mean? My mommy is dead.”

“Ella…” I crouched down to her level and held her by both shoulders, looking at her intensely. “I’ll explain later, okay? For now, I just need you to trust me. Do you trust me?”

Ella stared at me for a few moments, looking skeptical, before she finally nodded and didn’t ask any more questions. I helped her get dressed quickly, then put her shoes on and grabbed both of our bags. Opening the door just a crack, I checked once more to make sure that the apartment was still quiet. It seemed as though everyone was asleep. Of course, there was still a chance that Edrick was awake, so we would have to move quickly. I took Ella’s hand and quickly led her across the living room and over to the foyer.

Since the elevator would ding and make noise, I decided to take us downstairs through the fire exit stairs. I quietly opened the fire exit door next to the elevator and brought Ella into the dimly lit concrete stairwell with me.

“Moana,” she said, pausing at the top of the stairs, “why are we going down this way? I never go down this way, and it’s scary in here.”

her hand. “But I’m right here with you. See?” I walked down the first couple of steps and then turned to look back up at her. She stared

was certain that someone would

confusion. But she didn’t ask anything this time, and bit her lip and followed me

that this was for the best; even if she hated me when she got older and never wanted to see me again, I could at least

dark alleyway, checking over my shoulder the entire time, before we eventually came out

would be, there was a

I picked her up and rushed down

we ran

spoke, I felt tears poking at the backs of my eyes. Involuntarily, I froze for

Alpha billionaire tossing and turning, the more I remembered how it felt to sleep in his arms. How it felt to wake up with him and feel the warm sun shining in through his open window. How it felt to see his smiling face when I finished the school day

And no matter how much I had grown to love him

tear my gaze away from the penthouse and make my way over to the waiting cab. I opened the

the hotel that I had written down. But the cab driver didn’t take it, and as she pulled away from the curb, it seemed as though she knew where we were going. It did make sense, after all; Olivia probably knew this cab

to be a woman. She was thin, wearing a beanie that covered most of her hair and a blue surgical mask. As she drove, the radio played staticky music in the background

She leaned into me and I wrapped my arm around her, rubbing her gently. Soon, this would be all over and she wouldn’t need to be afraid anymore. At least, that was what I hoped. I could only hope that I was

I began to get a bad feeling in my stomach.

didn’t know what it was, but something

north,” I said quietly, pointing out the window. But the cab driver

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