p shortl

scattered memories of the attack tore across my consciousness. The cell. The knife. The chilly remarks

awake

to me. But this time around,he moved a bit closer, his violet eyes scanning me with curi

croaked, my voice

a chair and sitting beside me. "I'm th

o piece together his moti

. "Because you're valuable to me, Bell

e bedside table and retrieved a thick file. "I tho

nt a jolt of anger through me but I

the file. "Everything you thought y

my fingers trembling. I opened it and started flipping thr

pect what I

ew wide as I looked farther. There were emails between Julius and someone else, most likely

ymptoms soon. Be subtle. I need

real," I whispered,

d nothing

ialized in undetectable toxins. And at the bottom, a copy of a fake

aid, my voice barely audible.

ust want you out of his life. He wanted it to be as natur

s of her being pregnant. His grandfather would've never

My chest burned, I took a deep breath trying to calm

Jesse said simply. "Julius isn't

t too intense. "I don't trust you. H

readable. "I figured you'd say that.

e television. The screen flickered to

a private restaurant to his secretary. Sources say the two

ulius smiling, leaning close to

's out there living his best life

re dead. That's the only reason w

If Julius thought I was gone, I had a ch

ly, my voice hardeni

tly. "That's all

ll didn't trust him completely, it f

n I get a phone? I want to call my mother. She might be v

then placed a phone bes

the phone beside me and dialed my mother's

is

m an unknown number, so I to

you doing calling me? Yo

ou could say to me?" I said, de

re dead, and it's just better that way. You killed his child. A

He's sending us a lot of money and resources because he believes you're dead. If you come

dead before I

hone, tears strea

ad survived. If everyone wanted me to stay dead, then so be it. But I w