Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 672

Chapter 672

The silence of the night made the feeling ten times worse.

A cold shiver crawled up my neck, and before I knew it, I was running

I didn't stop until I reached the car waiting at the curb. The driver glanced at me, out of breath and wide-eyed, and chuckled. "You didn't need to run-I'm not in a hurry," Neither was I. I was just scared out of my mind.

I turned back to look at the alley I had just sprinted from. It was empty. Nothing there.

But those footsteps-clear as day-had followed me, Someone had been there.

Now, sitting in the safety of the car, I regretted not turning around earlier, not confronting whatever it was.

The first thing I did was call Lena. After hearing me out, she laughed. "Sounds like you ran into a ghost in the middle of the night."

A ghost? Yeah, right.

I was about to tell her how ridiculous that sounded when she added, "Or maybe it was a perverted ghost."

Okay, fine. Dim alleys and late nights were a setup for creeps, not ghosts. But if it was some stalker, wouldn't they have done more than just follow me?

and go to bed. Also, you've been hitting the bottle way too hard. Seriously, Rea, chill with the drinking," Lena sounded like a concerned

alcohol was the only

pulled away, I

stepped out of

Tall. Upright.

a split second, it

the back of the driver's seat so hard, he nearly jumped. "Stop the car!

the brakes, and I lunged for

the door! Now!" I

driver unlocked it, and the second I heard the click, I shoved it open and jumped out,

Bad idea,

onto my knees. Pain shot up my legs like a lightning bolt, and

time the driver scrambled over to help,

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was the ache in my scraped knees, the sting spreading sharp

it in anymore. The tears came fast and ugly, pouring out as I sat there on

had finally cracked something open-the strength I'd been clinging

who showed up and

cleaned and dressed the wounds