Page 110 of Break the Barrier

I clench my fists in frustration. The longer we drag this out, the harder it will be to find her. “We have to get to her.”

Right now, I didn’t care about the fact that she dumped me, that she ran away when she got scared, or that she hurt my daughter’s feelings.

We would work that out after.

But I need there tobean after.

I don’t know what I will do if there isn’t one.

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It was wellinto the night. There was one window, without blinds, that allowed me to see outside, and I watched the moon become brighter and brighter as the hours passed.

I have to pee. I’m dying of thirst, and my stomach hasn’t stopped growling.

But Eric hasn’t come back since Bones came to get him, and I haven’t felt like begging or yelling. Drawing attention to myself seemed like a terrible idea right now.

I’m not sure I’ve ever truly hated anyone in my life like I hate Eric. Not only for what he’s doing to me now or what he’s undoubtedly doing to my family by holding me here, but for the past things he’s put me through.

He tried very hard to ruin my life.

I guess there’s something to be said for being able to live through what I did and come out stronger than ever.

I wasn’t perfect, by any means. If I was, I wouldn’t havedragged Logan and Lue into my mess, I would have just left them alone to live their happy lives as they had been.

I hope that Lue can still live on and be happy, that she’ll end up on Broadway one day like she dreams.

She is amazing, she deserves it.

I hope that Logan…

I clench my eyes shut as more tears that I didn’t know I had in me flow from them. I can’t even let myself hope that Logan would move on.

He should, though.

He should.

Logan deserves to have a full life with a partner and maybe even more kids someday.

I blink against the tears and make myself be quiet, straining for any sound of the two males that were here before.

It’s been eerily quiet for hours, so either they were sleeping or gone.

What are the chances they aren’t here? What’s the likelihood that they left me here, not worried in the slightest that I would get free?

The thought spurs me into motion finally, and I start to maneuver my arms. It’s not easy. This many hours in the same position have made them go dead, but I try.

I have to try.

Even if I don’t get the happily ever after that I thought I might, Lue and Logan don’t deserve to have to mourn me.

That’s not fucking fair.

My sisters don’t need to lose their sister.

I have to survive.