Gea refused to speak. She was furious with me and wanted nothing to do with escaping. She was even still upset because, before leaving, I had accepted the money Chloe had offered me. With what she transferred to my bank account, I could have had enough to go to a Caribbean island, but Gea managed to convince me that once I was out of my mother's property, I should give her back more than half of the money she had given me.
‘You owe your whole new life to her, think about it for a moment, Sussan,’ she said.
I had to admit she was right.
On the road, I took a taxi to the airport. From the moment I got in the car, Gea became more insistent.
‘Don't do this, Sussan,’ she pleaded, her voice as stressed and nervous as mine. ‘I know why you want to leave; I understand, but I'm telling you it's
