Riding in the car, Amelia’s head was resting against the cold of the windowpane next to her seat. Watching the midnight blue sky and the fields flashing by, she felt as if the coldness of the glass had traveled straight into her heart. She could feel it seep through her body, into every single bone, but most of all, it seeped into her soul.
Where was Ethan?
Why wasn’t he there when her father had forced her to take her bags out, half-packed when he had thrown them into his car?
Had he abandoned her too?
Had all this been a trap to get her back?
After all the years fleeing from him, changing her name, hiding in the shadows, trying not to draw to much attention to herself, and here she was, back in his car.
And while all these thoughts were circling and circling inside her mind, she co
