“She came to me,” he admits. “Saw me outside the hospital one day and propositioned to help me.”
I swallow hard. “And what does she get in return?”
He spins me around, so we’re face-to-face, then c***s his head with a grin. “She gets Evan.” My heart drops to my stomach, and I can’t believe this.
“He’ll never let you get away with it,” I spit out.
“Step up,” he orders, nodding his head toward a set of steps that lead to the top ledge of the roof.
“You better hope the cops find you before he does.”
“It won’t matter, Emily. Don’t you get it?” All emotion is devoid from his voice, and that’s when it hits me. He plans to die right along with me.
“Please, Richard.” It’s the first time I’ve said his name to him, and it makes the vein in his forehead twitch. “You don’t have to do this,” I w
