Chapter 16

Allison

She spotted the little building as it came nearer. Her heart was beating hard, almost jumping out of her chest. She was scared and nervous, and she couldn’t hide it.

She looked everywhere for Elizabeth, but she didn’t find her. She also wanted to believe she was just lost and she would come back to them soon, but the message she got changed everything.

She didn’t understand what she did wrong for all this to happen to her. She blamed karma, but she couldn’t remember anything life-threatening she had done to someone else. Wasn’t that how karma worked?

She had been doing everything she could to protect her daughter from anything and anyone. She even protected her from Davis sometimes because she still couldn’t trust him. But he changed, and she knew it.

She remembered the look he had on his face when they met each other. She was surprised when he cried with her, hurt by Elizabeth’s disappearance. She mostly saw him as someone who was selfish and o