CHAPTER 51
I ROCKED BACKWARDS and forwards, trying to get my arms free, but the bindings had no give whatsoever. The best I could manage was to shuffle the chair a few inches to the side, but the only way I knew to get out of the building was the way I’d come in, and even if the fire wasn’t raging downstairs yet, it sure would be by the time I got there.
With nothing else to lose, I hurled myself sideways, hoping the chair might break on impact with the floor. It didn’t, but I thought my shoulder might have as pain shot along my arm.
An involuntary tear rolled down my cheek when I thought of what I was about to lose. All my life, I’d been waiting for Ethan to come along, and I’d had just a few precious days with him as my lover. If there was someone up there watching over us, he sucked.
