Chapter 44
IVY
I know I need to buy myself time, and that no matter what I agreed to, I can’t get in the car with him. Who knows where he’ll take me and if I’ll have another opportunity to break free. The sky is angry and the rain starts to come down on us, quickly drenching my clothes, my shoes sliding in the mud at every step as we trudge through the woods behind my parents’ house. I stumble behind him as he keeps a brutal grip on my upper arm. A few steps ahead, I spot a patch of roots sticking out of the earth and I know this is my chance. Brooks steps over them and I scuff the toe of my Converse under it. Brooks yanks hard on my arm the moment he feels resistance and I go down hard. I scream out as loud as I can as I crash down to the forest floor, hoping like hell someone out here in middle-of-nowhere Aspen Ridge hears me. How long before Sawyer realizes something is wrong? Would Reid see my jeep parked out front all night and come to check on things?
I can’t leave him.
This isn’t how my story ends.