Chapter 65

Astor

I drivelike a madman over the dirt roads, slicing through the sheets of rain, fishtailing around corners, almost blind by the rain streaking across my helmet. I am out-of-my-mind psychotic, a feral combination of rage and desperation driving me past the brink of insanity.

All I can think is, Sabine has to be okay.

She has to be.

I can’t lose her. Not now. Not before I’ve made things right. Not before giving her a chance to see who I can be for her.

Sabine can’t be Valerie. I can’t let another woman down. I can’t lose another person in my life without making things right.

Sabine can’t be my mother. I can’t lose the only other woman I’ve ever loved.

And finally, Sabine can’t be Chloe. I can’t lose the light of my life again.

I cannot fail her like I have everyone else in my wretched, warped, screwed-up excuse of a life.

Sabine has to be okay.

She has to be okay.

There can be no other outcome.

Because I will burn down the entire fucking world if she’s not.

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