When Love Breaks by Jack

Gregory’s guilt was palpable, a heavy weight on his shoulders.

“It’s my fault, I admit it.”

“Now you decide to admit it?”

Gregory hobbled back to his hospital room, his forehead beading with cold sweat with every step he took. The sweat seeped through his bandages, turning his lips a ghostly shade of white from the pain. Dailey trailed behind him, “I’ll find her, Gregory. And I’ll bring her back safe and sound. You need to stay put though; with that wound, any infection could be serious, you might even die.”

But Gregory was hardly listening. He paced the room once before asking, “Where’s my phone?”

Knowing how stubborn Gregory was, Dailey handed it over without further persuasion.

Gregory immediately dialed Lucius.

Lucius, already feeling culpable for a mishap at the chemical plant, was desperate for a chance to redeem himself.

And now, this.

Mistake upon mistake.

“Gregory,” Lucius answered.

“Any leads?” Gregory’s voice was urgent.

“I’ve checked everything – the hospital’s CCTV footage has been wiped. I’ve checked the highways, the airports, the bus stations. Now I’m heading to the docks,” Lucius reported.

Gregory let out a bitter laugh. The plan was meticulously executed; even the hospital’s surveillance had been tampered with. After the previous incident involving his grandmother, the hospital staff had been replaced, yet the perpetrator found a loophole. This wasn’t something Mark could’ve managed alone.

“Check the ports along the border, especially. Focus on Josiah and Norman,” Gregory instructed.

during their last overseas mission. They were out of

at the hotel that had been

I swear, even if it kills me, I’ll bring her

revealed,

“What did you

without repeating himself and started

fine sweat from the pain of his wounds, feeling a

this. Take care of yourself for her sake. Whatever needs doing, just tell me, and I’ll handle it.”

“How long have I been out?

Christine answered truthfully.

emergency room bleeding, agony flickered in Gregory’s deep eyes. His voice was hoarse

Mark under such circumstances, the fate of their

read between the lines of Christine’s silence, his worst fears seemingly confirmed. He then asked Ike,

up. “I just saw him take Jane. There was

you’re so strong. Please save Jane. She was

heart was heavy with worry, more for

“Dad!”

room fell into a tense silence until Ike suddenly

and Victor are gone. Jane’s missing, and the Myers family is without its members. You need to make a decision. Whether to cremate them or keep them in the morgue until

…

shrouded in gloom, the relentless rain outside seeming never to

night fell, the city was plunged into

off from the

no clock in the room, I couldn’t tell the time. The sea was just

until Mark brought me dinner

going to

didn’t trust Mark. I wouldn’t even drink water

Mark said,

hook you