Tempted Trapped and Too Late to Run

Chapter 786

A flicker of alarm shot through Clara as she spun on her heel and headed straight for her car.

She'd barely been on the road ten minutes before she caught sight of not one, but several cars tailing her in the rearview mirror-just as she'd suspected.

The old lady's funeral was over, Dylan had already forgotten about her again, and now, in the old man's eyes, there was nothing holding him back. He could do whatever he wanted.

Clara's hands tightened around the steering wheel, her eyes fixed ahead, calm but alert.

There was no way the old man hadn't gone all out this time. Escaping wouldn't be a walk in the park.

She pulled out her phone and dialed Charles.

He answered, his voice still heavy with sleep. "What's up?"

"Charlie, I need you to track my location and come pick me up. Now."

Charles woke up instantly. He didn't waste time asking questions-just grabbed his jacket and was out the door.

Clara watched the city blur past, buildings and streetlights melting away behind her. Maybe it was her nerves, but she swore she could hear the tick-tock of a clock somewhere, counting down.

Her heart skipped. Just then, her car rolled onto a bridge. She took a deep breath, yanked open the door, and went for it.

Right before the car smashed through the guardrail, she pulled a sharp turn, and in that split second, dove off the bridge.

closed over her head, cold and overwhelming. Even before she surfaced, she

to overtake, never tried to box her in. Their plan was obvious now-they just needed her to stay in the

the current pull her along, swimming

had no idea how long she

riverbank, shivering and

Clara wiped the droplets off her face, didn't

had no idea how quickly her

and gave it a shake. The screen stayed black-completely dead. No calls

her. He always did. And with

her out

crouched in a hidden spot by the side of the

the distant thump

ears—not Charles. Her heart jumped. She scanned her surroundings, made sure

road, rolling to

it would

but instead, the

slid

to reveal a man with strikingly

kind

he broke