Chapter 49. Candice

Reese

I need him now. I needed to get the money he promised me so that I could get back my house. I couldn’t live with Liza forever.

I stayed outside the L. Carter building and waited for Enzo to come out. He told me earlier that he would come here.

I kept myself occupied by watching the people move back and forth, and as a result, I failed to notice that it was already getting dark outside.

As a bolt of lightning streaked across the dark sky, I flinched. A thunderclap boomed, quickly followed by another.

I quickly dashed to the building’s wall and pressed my palm firmly against the concrete, closing my eyes and taking several deep breaths.

I could feel sweat already beginning to pool on my forehead.

Thunder was one of my greatest fears. As a child, I would seek refuge in my closet whenever a storm brewed and thunder roared in the sky. My mother knew of my fear, yet she seemed indifferent. Despite my loud sobs, she acted as if she hea