(Caroline's POV)
I'm sitting at Aunt Jasmine's kitchen table with my laptop open, working on the manuscript I'm supposed to be editing but can't focus on because my head is still pounding from the accident.
My phone buzzes. Message from Samuel.
An audio file comes through.
I don't want to talk to him.
Jason made his stance clear. Unless it's necessary for the plan, I'm to keep my distance from him.
I try to concentrate on work, but my mind keeps wandering to the accident.
I could've died.
Charlie and Rose...just thinking about what would've become of them if something had happened to me makes me unable to sit still.
I go to the kitchen to get something to drink. My stomach starts grumbling then, so I wipe up some snack for myself and the kids.
Snack time turns into play time, a
