Elsa
As hard as it was to accept, I couldn’t ask Adam to risk his life for Alison.
The weight of that decision sat heavy on my heart, but I knew it was true—my father had brought this upon himself.
If he had listened to Adam and left when told, Alison would have been safe. Now, we were all paying the price for his stubbornness.
I cried for Alison, my tears hot and unrelenting, because I knew how hard this must be for her.
I prayed fervently, desperate that she was still alive and holding on. All I could hope for was that Isaac would finally deliver what he had promised so we could end this nightmare. When I confronted my father, my voice was raw with grief. “I will never forgive you if anything happens to Alison,” I told him. I meant every word. Yet, even as I said it, I knew this
