Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 2

After wrapping up his words, he casually slung an arm around Quinn's waist and walked off without a second glance.

Clara stared at the phone number on her screen. The guy who'd just left claimed to be her fiancé, but he hadn't shown her a shred of concern. His entire focus was on sticking up for Quinn.

It felt like someone had wrapped a steel band around her heart, squeezing the color from her face with a sharp, involuntary ache.

Quinn seemed perfectly okay, while Clara almost died in that accident. Clara wondered how a guy like that could possibly be her fiancé.

She'd been MIA for three days, and received not a single call from her family. All she had was a hazy memory of someone she thought might be her boyfriend.

Without second-guessing, she tapped out the number. The call was quickly picked up.

"Miss Clara?"

"Hi, is this Dylan? I think I might have lost my memory in an accident, and I..."

claimed to be in a car accident and asked him to come pick you up. He really did have an accident on the way

"But I..."

series of beeps before

a sigh, sinking back into her chair. Her mind was a chaotic mix of pain and a nagging fear about what

the nurse who had just come in, asking, "Can you see

two hundred grand on a pair of men's cufflinks. Surely, she wasn't strapped

interrupted her thoughts, "Insufficient funds. Miss Clara, your ambulance and

How could she

through her contacts and found

a deep breath, she

she didn't want to upset you. But no, you had to drag Quinn out when you saw them kiss. She had that accident because of you. You're such a headache. I wish you'd just stay away! Quinn always

to ask something when she heard Quinn's voice in the background. "Mom, I think Clara might actually have amnesia this time. Can you cut her some

Haven't you put up with enough over the years? Simon said he loved you first. Clara's too chicken to deal with Simon, so she's taking it out

it was being torn apart. Was this really