Kimberly
The silence in the car was suffocating.
I stared out the tinted window, watching the fading skyline of the city I had so desperately tried to lose myself in.
I had almost made it.
I had felt the wind of freedom on my skin. For a few precious days, I had tasted life without chains.
But now, the reality was settling over me again, heavier than before. I was going back.
Back to the mansion.
Back to the man who had forced a bond upon me.
Back to the place that suffocated my spirit.
My fingers trembled as they rested on my lap, and I dug my nails into my palm just to keep myself from crying. I wouldn’t give Kendrick the satisfaction of seeing me break down.
Not yet.
Not while I still had strength left in me.
He hadn’t said much since we left the airport.
Not that I wan
