Chapter 26Connor's POV
"Now that Claire is back safe and sound, not a hair missing, and the baby in her belly is still fine, can you leave me alone?" Lydia's pleading voice rang in my ears again, a voice that became my lingering nightmare.
All night, I stayed in the car, looking at the light of Lydia's house, thinking what she was doing in the house, maybe crying? Maybe she was asleep? The light stayed on all night, and my heart hung in the air all night, worrying that she might do something stupid.
The last cigarette in the car had been smoked, and the sun had risen over the horizon. I looked at the cigarette butts and the light that seemed to never go out at Lydia's house, and I couldn't help but feel that things are unpredictable. Who would have thought that Claire would return at a
