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She gasps, her eyes widening and hope flickering in her eyes. “Really?”

“Yeah. Let’s go right now.”

Wyatt grits his teeth and shakes his head. “Piper. No.”

“Shut up,” she hisses, turning back to him and raising the gun to his head. My heart jumps into my throat and my mind screams but on the outside, I remain calm.

“Lillian? Please don’t do that. If you kill him, they’ll come after us and rip us apart.”

Her eyes widen and she shakes her head. “No… they can’t take you away from me.”

“Then let’s just go,” I whisper, lowering my gun and holding my hand out to her as my heart hammers against my ribs. Wyatt’s face is tortured but he doesn’t say anything and I just hope he will understand what I’m doing and go along with my plan. Her gaze flicks between Wyatt and me before she starts walking over to me, still pointing the gun at my man. When she reaches me, she takes my hand and I resist the urge to shudder at the fear racing through my veins as we start backing up toward the side of the house as she continues aiming the gun at Wyatt.

“Don’t follow us,” she warns him, flashing him a glare and I shake my head, mouthing the words “I love you” to him just before we disappear around the side of the house. Once we’re in the clear, she starts running, pulling me along with her. “Come on. We have to go.”

We step into the front yard and she turns to me. “Do you have your keys?”

“Yes. They’re in my pocket.”

She grins and nods. “Okay. Let’s go.”

“But wait, I don’t have my wallet or anything,” I tell her, suddenly doubting my plan. Her gaze flicks to the side of the house and she shakes her head, pulling me along.

“I’ve got plenty of money for us and I’ll drive.”

I nod, trying to think but my brain won’t work. My gaze drops to the gun in her hand and I suck in a breath. “Can we leave the guns here?”

“Sure,” she answers cheerily as she drops his pistol into the grass and I do the same. Maybe it’s a bad idea but I feel a whole hell of a lot better knowing there’s not two firearms in the car I’m about to get into.

My stomach flips as we reach the car and she pulls open the passenger side door.

Oh, fuck, this is such a bad idea.

Why the hell am I doing this?

Slipping into my seat, I buckle up and pull the keys out of my pocket as she runs around the front of the car.

Okay, just breathe, Piper.

I just need to keep her distracted long enough for Wyatt to call reinforcements and track us down. Reaching down, I feel the phone in my back pocket and pray that he put the tracker in there or on the car… otherwise I’m screwed. My hands shake and my stomach does another flip as Lillian slides behind the wheel and reaches for the keys. As she starts the car, Wyatt runs around the house and stops when he sees me sitting in the passenger seat. I wish I could press my hand to the glass or anything to let him know how much I love him in case I don’t make it back from this but I can’t let Lillian get suspicious of me.

“So, where to?” Lillian asks, flashing me a wide grin as she pulls away from the curb. I shake my head as my chest aches and my shoulders feel tight. I wrap both of my arms around my body and hug myself as I look over at her.

“I’m open to anywhere.”

She scowls. “Are you cold?”

I shake my head and release my arms as I lean back in the seat and my stomach twists. Oh, God, I’m going to throw up.

“You know, I got scared there for a minute… thinking you were like everyone else but now you’re here.” Her smile is wide and happy as she looks over at me. “I never should have doubted you.”

“What do you mean, like the other ones?”

She rolls her eyes. “My ex…”

“Your fiancé?” I ask, remembering the story she told in group not that long ago and she nods, tears filling her eyes.

“You know, he asked me to marry him and then that night, as we were going to his parents’ to share the news, he tells me he’s having second thoughts and maybe we shouldn’t say anything just yet.”