Love on the Fast Track (Derek and Norah)

Chapter 218:

Norah sampled the cake with just two bites before setting her spoon aside. Only a small portion had been eaten, leaving the majority untouched on the plate.

“Aren’t you going to finish it?” Sean asked.

“It’s overly sweet for my taste,” Norah replied.

Sean slid a freshly poured glass of lemonade toward her, a drink he had ordered while she sampled the cake.

“This should help cut through the sweetness,” he said.

After a couple of sips, the tart lemonade mingled with the residual sweetness in Norah’s mouth. She paused and then indulged in two more sips. Despite its sweetness, dessert had a way of lifting spirits.

delivered chilling news in a steady voice. “Sean, ever wonder what’s inside there? It’s fingers. This bag holds the fingers

out the twenty fingers. Norah’s expression remained stoic, her

really be telling the truth? He frowned and wondered what she meant by fingers. He vividly recalled

and timidity toward violence, the idea that she could possess a

ｍ𝚘𝚛ｅ ｕ𝚙ｄ𝚊ｔｅｓ 𝚒ｎ ɢ𝚊ｌ𝚗𝚘ｖ𝚎ｌ𝚜.𝚌𝚘𝚖

Sean’s gaze moved from the bag to lock with Norah’s

cleared the table,

soon as she did, the pungent scent of blood wafted out, revealing a grotesque collection of human fingers. The cuts were clean, evidently done with a knife, and every finger bore the same

used it to harm her, so I retaliated with iron wire from a construction site. They tore at her clothes and aggravated her injuries, which led me to sever each of their fingers,” Norah observed

simple slash across their throats was all it took to end their lives.” Her voice was chilling and

do you believe me?” Norah knew that this incident might cast her in a merciless, unfeeling light in Sean’s eyes. Yet, what did that matter? If

found

her back tenderly and added, “Do you really think so little of me? Facing those