Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 510

He could only force himself to get up, numb and exhausted, and drive to the hospital. On the way, his mind was so foggy he nearly got into an accident.

Scarlette grew more and more confused. Why did he look so out of it? Something was definitely wrong.

She tried calling Clara to ask what was going on, but the call wouldn't go through.

*

Clara woke up to the sight of her familiar bedroom ceiling. She was finally home.

She rubbed her temples, slowly sat up, and called out, "Z?"

No answer. She got up and walked into the kitchen. There was a plate of warm food waiting, but nobody else was around.

A note was stuck to the fridge: Had to run out for something urgent. Eat when you wake up.

She didn't have much of an appetite. It was already three in the afternoon anyway, and she had other things on her mind.

Last night, when she'd been grabbed, she remembered people calling the leader "Timmy."

Back when she'd been chased to Z's place, she'd heard that name too-Timmy- and someone had even given her an address.

She'd meant to look into it eventually, but now all the puzzle pieces seemed to be falling into place at once.

Clara pulled out her phone and called Eli.

He'd told her before that he was pretty capable. If she took him along, maybe she'd be safer.

At that moment, Eli was being kept in a room under watch. When he saw his phone light up with Clara's name, his eyes sparked.

"Let me go-she's calling me," he said.

him were all business, faces blank. One glanced at the screen, said something to another, and handed

and scoffed, but when he answered, his tone was

to come with

brighter. Finally, a way out of this dump. "Absolutely! I'll

was surprised by how fast he agreed, but she didn't sense any bad intentions from him, so she just

"Okay, I'll wait."

his chin up. "I've got to head out. Clara needs me. Tell

"boss" extra loud, treating his guards like nothing more than

at all. No matter what he called them, they stayed stone-faced, almost robotic.

a call, came back, and let

cab to Clara's

see him show up so quickly. She couldn't help but ask,

Seth were basically gold

smirked. "She had some stuff, but today

already in the driver's seat, didn't push further. She started the car and headed toward the

the wrong guy and almost paid for it but he knew that man wouldn't really

he was still breathing, he'd get his revenge

to find Timmy. It was

stayed hidden, she'd never

to Timmy's place. Instead, she parked a little ways off

hour later, someone finally

watching. He was just planning to drop off some

soon as he left, Megan

now. Wipe everything from your phone. If anyone asks, just say your contact always stayed hidden and you never saw their face—you were just doing the job for the money. Got

knew Megan had her own plans.

much with thinking things through. Anything complicated,

"Got it," he said.

for Megan, he'd leave it far away from her actual place. After all his years in the slums, people knew he had a girl he liked,

in his room, one of his