Hope
“I knew you would come. He told me you were dead, but I knew you would come,” Tanya says. She’s sobbing as I break off her restraints.
Levi pulls his shirt over his head and tosses it to me so I can put it on her.
The moment she’s free, she latches on to me, her body shaking and jerking with the force of her sobs.
“I’m here. I’m here, Tanya. I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry I wasn’t there when you needed me.” I hold her and rub her back as she cries.
“I’m just glad you’re alive and you got here before he could …”
She pulls her face away from me and looks over my shoulder. “Is that …?”
“Mr. Northway, yes. I called him, knowing he would help me track you. He was very angry to hear that you had been taken.”
As we watch, I hear the stalker’s heartbeat begin to slow.
“Come on, we should
