Chapter 65

Zachary

I shouldn’t have come back.

But the thought of him touching her was killing me faster than distance ever could. Ken was trying to get close to Daphne. He was trying to use her. He was taking advantage of the distance I had deliberately created.

According to the investigation, he had been seen with Eleanor several times. There was also another woman captured in some of the CCTV footage I obtained. She looked familiar, but the camera angle hadn’t been clear enough for proper identification.

I pulled over abruptly and exhaled, trying to calm the storm raging inside me. I had promised myself I would stay away this time, for as long as it took, until she called for me.

I thought the trip would help. I thought distance would weaken this pull. But all I did while I was away was think about her. She distracts me, even from miles away.

Now I was leaving her alone with Ken. That wasn’t distance, but danger. He didn’t have pure intentions for