Bound to the devil's heart

She just sat there staring at nothing for a long time thinking about her father's face when he said six months and thin

ne and typed Dean Lan

hed she

n. Two men were hospitalised after an altercation outside a Lance property. A court case that was dropped before it even started, witnesses suddenly unavailable, eviden

hone face dow

n her father ha

ing somewhere Dean Lance had never heard of. But then she thought about her dad in that hospital be

en her phone buzzed she jolted awake a

ed at th

n numb

personality. But I did visit your father's house again today because I need an answer. And you know what that means. If my answer is no, you w

it once. Re

up and went

in that hospital room. Like he had all the time in the world. Like showing up

y message,

house," Jessica said. "

hing he had been keeping for me." He looked

d back fro

like he was assessing it, filing it away. He sat down on her couch without

nswer,"

t have

ad since th

me twenty-

searching my name online." He said it without bl

at him. "You we

kept looking at her with that sam

t marrying you. I don't care what my father signed. He had no right to sign anything

at her for a

he st

ht," h

e she had told him some

ca almost felt relieved, almost believed it was that simpl

d with his han

hout turning around. "The hospital has been very helpfu

cold. "What d

he medication keeping him stable is no longer being administered." He finally turned and looked a

nd closed the d

iddle of her apartment

not an

never

hing her hands landed on. She didn't have a plan or a destination in mind but she knew she just wanted to leave. She ju

the door in

kirts of the town so nobody would recognize her. She paid cash at the front desk and went straight to the ro

nt without panic that so

said six months. Just her and the walls with the bright light

lf have that

in that hotel room finding her first moment of pea

ot there to