Chapter 5

As the elevator doors slid shut, my phone began to buzz in my hand. Staring at the caller ID, his name felt like that of a total stranger.

The phone rang again and again, but I let it go to voicemail, locked the screen, and watched the floor indicator tick down.

This time, I was leaving for good.

Richard's POV

Worried sick about Emily, Richard took her straight to the ER for a full battery of scans. Even after the doctors cleared her, he insisted on having her admitted overnight for observation.

He was completely oblivious to the fact that…