Chapter 101

Valerie Will POV

Guilt washed over me as the memories of when I pulled the trigger replayed in my head. But I thought Patrick was about to shoot me, so I had to save myself.

I felt relieved that the gun was actually empty. But I still felt embarrassed. What if things had gone differently, I would have been a murderer.

Those men knew exactly what they were doing.

And it worked.

I didn’t even know what to say to Patrick. If the roles were reversed, I was certain that I wouldn’t be able to forgive him. What I did was unforgivable.

I was blinded by rage and I let those men manipulate me. The worst part was that I didn’t even think to point the gun at any of them. I just wanted to save myself.

Anyway, I was glad that we were finally free.

But they dropped us in front of our house and that wasn’t a good sign. How did they know where we lived? As I sat on the concrete floor, I looked at Patrick.

“I’m so sorry. I hope you can forg