Fateful Connection

phone's speaker, urgent and strained.

oaching car. "We're being chased down the highway by

oiding a swipe from the SUV. Elen

, his voice dropping. "Fiona isn

ffled struggle. Lisa's heart leapt to her throat as she h

th? Ke

ne wen

phone down, frustration an

les white on the steering wheel. "I need to know w

summer nights, stolen kisses, whispered promises-and th

chool sweethearts. More than tha

widened. "W

to go to college together

ed them again, harder this time. The car fishtai

shouted, yan

For a heart-stopping moment, Lisa thought they would flip. Th

a breathed, peering

rner, headlights flooded the car's interior. Fio

urged Mark. "I'll

thing changed when Kenneth's father died. It was sudden-a heart

e for them both. So when his uncle offered him a position in the family business

u," Elena s

at we were young, that maybe fate had other plans for us. I was he

ht, making them all jump. The rea

aking a sharp turn dow

ice shaking. "Why are they trying to

I don't know. I haven't seen Kenne

ustrial area. Warehouses loomed on either si

the car. "We should ditch this and find so

of a large warehouse, Lisa's ph

fingers, she an

his voice barely above a

ly. "Kenneth, what's going on?

ou're in danger. All of you. There'

tell

e. It's not safe. But I can

placed by another. Smooth, cultu

m afraid Kenneth can't come to the phone right now. But don'

ne wen

errified gazes. The weight of Diego's thre

adlights swept across them. Fiona's car

sa saw the SUV approach fr

They were trapped.