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.

blank. One glanced at the screen, said something to another, and handed

but when he

to come with me

a way out of this dump. "Absolutely! I'll be

agreed, but she didn't sense any bad intentions

"Okay, I'll wait."

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

treating his

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

left to make a call, came back, and let him

of satisfaction and quickly caught a cab to

She couldn't help

brother Seth were basically

"She had some stuff,

further. She started the car and headed toward

wrong guy and almost paid for it

still breathing, he'd get his revenge sooner or

parked in the slums-a whole different world from the city center. Clara needed to find Timmy. It was the only way to figure out who was pulling the strings

that person stayed hidden,

place. Instead, she parked a

later,

to drop off some things for Megan, who lived nearby, like

soon as he

keep our distance for now. Wipe everything from your phone. If anyone asks, just say your contact always stayed hidden and you never saw their

her own

much

"Got it," he said.

all his years in the slums, people knew he had a girl he liked, but no one knew where she was. Some even thought he made

in his room, one of his