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.

at the screen, said something

took a deep breath and scoffed, but when he answered, his tone was light, almost teasing. "Clara,

you to come with

out of this dump. "Absolutely! I'll be at your place in no

was surprised by how fast he agreed, but she didn't sense any bad

"Okay, I'll wait."

call ended, Eli tilted his chin up. "I've got to head out. Clara needs me. Tell

treating his guards like nothing more than someone else's errand

react at all. No matter what he called them, they stayed

a call, came

quickly caught a cab

shocked to see him show up so quickly. She couldn't help but ask, "Didn't

were basically

smirked. "She had some stuff, but today I've got free

in the driver's seat, didn't push further. She

last fight had just barely healed. He'd mouthed off to the wrong guy

breathing, he'd get

needed to find Timmy. It was the

stayed hidden, she'd never

to Timmy's place. Instead, she parked a

an hour later, someone

planning to drop

as soon as he

whole thing might blow my cover. Let's keep our distance for now. Wipe everything from your phone. If anyone asks, just say your contact always stayed hidden and you

knew Megan had her own plans. He just needed

his fists, but not so much

"Got it," he said.

place. Every time he dropped something off 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, but no one knew where she

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