throbbing heada

h me was a cheap hotel b

ne. His guar

aw from the rope

ow I got here f

r of conscience, or Tiffany

ons hit me when Ethan

yes burning with a fresh

s voice thick with unshed tears

mprehending. "What ar

bing her eyes. "Ethan, darlin

ad!" Ethan roared, his

d them, told them I didn't make it. They rushed o

a new, ho

o call for help afte

ces, not his parents directly unti

adn't told th

e!" I cried. "Tiffany

this!" He grabbed me a

raves. You're going to b

following, a look of grim

cemetery, a gran

rble tombstone engraved wi

s," he hissed

ved me down. The rough g

r fault!" He was unhinged, consum

t, Ethan," I whisp

head and slammed my forehead again

nd my eyes. Stars

nded, his voice d

to do it agai

jolts of agony

, a silent, app

the pristine marble.

n said, his voice flat. "I hope

at cheap hotel, under guard, until

to suffer, to be

have co

a hospital bed, a dull ache in m

d me I had

t, but one of his guards

s shattered. He st

rd seemed distracted,

head pounded, but

make it to a

nding, Tiffany appeared

?" she purred, her eyes

He feels so betrayed. He loved

, Tiffany," I said

the parents' car crash

ruin me," she continu

about that little pact you made with

she know about the pact?

is, aren't you?" I

ly," she

es widened t

herself backwards down the flight of s

shed me! Sara

urses and the g

oaning, pointing a t

ied to