AllFreeNovel
Share Us
Tears blur my vision, so the doctor becomes a blur of blue and white.
It was an accident.
PRESENT TIME
Blinking away the tears, I found myself staring back at the lake. It was getting dark now, so how long had I been sitting out here? Too long.
You need to go inside and get something to eat.
I needed, no,wantedto call Elizabeth, but I knew I had nothing new to say to her. She wouldn’t want to be with someone like me, not if she knewI killed someone during sex.
It beggared belief that she was hurting from AJ and probably wounded because I rebuffed her.
And why did I do that?
Because I’m a stubborn motherfucker.
I couldn’t build a home with someone as innocent and deserving as Elizabeth. But she wanted the truth, and you owed her the truth.
So let her make up her own mind.
Instead of reaching for food, I dragged the vodka bottle down from the cabinet beside the tiny TV, sinking onto the sofa as darkness fell.
Being alone with my thoughts was terrifying, but I needed to do this.
Soul searchin’, my grandma would’ve called it.Guiltis what I called it. I picked up my phone countless times, daring myself to call her.
Just to hear her voice.
But once you’ve told a woman you don’t love her back (even when it’s a lie because you do,) you’re screwed.
So I drank vodka and waited for the ghost of Alannah Hudson to find me.
She always does.
31
ELIZABETH
Darkness surrounded me. My mouth felt like it was filled with cotton wool, and I couldn’t breathe properly. I didn’t know how long I’d been out of it, but when I tried to move my arms, I found I couldn’t.
What the fuck?
My arms were above my head, and I tried to force my tired eyes open, to no avail.
Think, Elizabeth.
The last thing I remembered was leaving Reign behind after I told him I was falling for him, and he said he only wanted a sub-and-Dom relationship. Tears stung my eyes, and I growled with frustration. Reign wouldn’t do this to me.
Think!
My brain felt cloudy, like I was walking around in mist, trying to feel my way around. I went to the office, didn’t I?
Yes!
I went to the office to confront Alexander. My stomach dropped, and vomit rose in my throat. My cheeks flamed as I recalled telling Alexander I quit and how he’d glared at me. Wait…I concentrated on his glare, remembering him telling me to clear my office out. My memories slammed into me then, and I gasped for breath.
Alexander said he’d tell me about Reign. He asked whether I wanted to go somewhere more public so I felt safe, and I agreed. We’d walked to the elevator…
