Did they take my sister? Have they hurt her?
I send a quick text.
Me:
Call me
No response.
I exit and look around me. It appears I’m alone, that no one’s followed me.
Have I made a mistake leaving Corsica?
The Gerard family home is in walking distance of the ferry.
I wish it was the sanctuary to me it once was.
I walk down a shaded part of the Seine, trying to sort this all out and breathe deeply.
Freaking out right now solves nothing, so I have to stay in control. I can freak out later when I’m alone.
Does Fabien know Nicolette’s been compromised?
CHAPTER TWENTY
Savannah
I have to find Nicolette.
And Thayer…
If someone’s taken Nicolette and someone’s framed Thayer… my flat in Paris isn’t safe anymore. I’ll never forgive myself if my sister’s hurt.It’s my fault.
I take a left down a side street and look at the rows upon rows of vendors, one of my favorite places in Paris. I don’t feel at home this time.
For the first time in my life, I feel homeless. Alone.
I tell myself that I’ll get through this. But I don’t have the option of giving up anymore. I need to do everything I can for the people I… love.
Do I love Thayer?
It’s hard to imagine spending the rest of my life with a man so ruthless and hard.
But he softens when he’s with me.
It’s hard to imagine being with a man who doesn’t trust me, who feels like I’m an object worthy of hoarding and hiding so he can have me all to himself.
Is that really why he tracked me?
I know, even as I’m doing it, that I’m trying to talk myself out of loving him. I’m trying to logic my way out of what I know in my heart is right.
I remember that night in the room made of glass.
I remember the first time I saw through that stern exterior and realized how much he loved me.
I remember the safety of his arms, the certainty of his loyalty, the warmth of his love.
And as I walk down the streets so familiar to me I’ve practically worn grooves in the pavement, I face my biggest fear of all:If I go all in with Thayer, will he, too, leave me?
