The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 50 Chapter 50

Noelle didn't sleep a wink that night. Every time she closed her eyes, the nightmares crept in.

A damp, dark room, a door that never quite closed, clothes Inexplicably soiled and drawers rifled through, and finally, the man's disgusting, lecherous face.

Eight years had passed, yet Noelle still couldn't escape the haunting memories. And now, her adoptive father, William Kaplan, was out of prison.

He was free!

Noelle didn't know how William had gotten her number, but the feeling it brought the suffocating sense that she could never outrun him-was all too familiar.

Even this apartment, the one she had only recently rented, no longer felt safe. She couldn't shake the sensation of unseen eyes watching her, waiting to pounce.

Noelle couldn't stay here anymore.

But where could she go?

In the end, she went to the hospital.

her, nor could she tell the latter anything. But there

could make her

didn't dare

just being

would be the Swanson family residence. And given how strained her relationship with them was now, she couldn't rule out the possibility that they might give

to the nurse, Noelle left

Coppersville. She didn't tell anyone she was leaving She didn't even cancel her lease.

not caring about the destination.

she finally began to feel a sense

an

her phone back on, a string of missed calls from the Swanson family filled

screen.

the address of the hotel she had just booked. Once she had settled into her room, Noelle finally retumed

voice was sharp

omething wrong?" Noelle

they saw you at

him to have people keep an eye on her. The realization hit like a