AGAINST ALL ODDS!
YEARS
IL
eed to try to
I don't think you should be complaining about my smile o
. "Hey, slow down, we'll get into an accident at this rate, and if we a
want anything to do with the resort in the first pl
f the best," she said showing me the map on my phone that she held. "We a
n I and Dian had gone on a road trip together. He'd cheered me on all the way. We'd been living life re
nd I stepped on the break without thinking. The terrible sound of screechin
were flung forward, the only thing
ide out of proportion. "You are frea
in her hand. "Where is my phone?" I asked, the amount of panic that crept
ow was rolled down, and everything happened
the door open. Grasses flagged both sides of the road. T
ut. "What ar
fogging up as I searched blindly among the ankle-length
**
ouldn't find the phone. I want
ker. Let's just forget about the phone. W
has a GPS Kushi. I just need my freaking memory card.
en gasped, bending down to pick something up. "I fou
was utterly trashed, so I just dismantled it and got out
ut I avoided her gaze, not in the mood to dig through my feelings.
, then died almost immediately. I tried five more times, then hit the
rs ago" kushi voice reached me
e. I am not a doll
u're on a short fuse. You explode to the littlest of
of nowhere, I don't see that happening anymore" I gritted, then flinched as
ing so pessimistic. I
be fine? Look around you, there's nothing but grasses for miles
hed the d
?" I got out, my voi
a gas station or an auto shop. There is no ce
think it's better we
so adventurous. Well, stay here then,
ed at me, and as much as I wanted to return the smile, I felt t
approaching. Kushi went crazy, yellin
beautiful black limo, so I guessed it was one of
or looked so cozy it was insan
Was that your car a mile back?"
"Yes, that was our car. It just suddenly died on us and
I guess the management will find a way to get your stuff.
ide when I hesitated. I followed her into the car
practically helping us wh
y invested in the resort, and we want only good reviews about it, and we wo
and my gaze snapped to hers. "Do not worry
and now that it did this, I'm sure Sybil won't b
incomprehensive look. I turned my gaze to Helaena
sistant" she joked but I was
beside me. I jumped, for the first time noticing the body sprawled beside
r face. "Please, don't yell. He doesn't
n at Helaena. "But we've be
as if it was the most ob
, the blanket slipping a little to reveal a tattooed hand, and my gaz
was more buffed up, and there was the tattoo. Dian didn't have any. His height... It was exactly like Dian's... How coul
had to deal with it. I had to move on, because it was either that or drive myself insane and do something like looking for him, then shooting him in the chest with an automatic w