CHAPTER 40
I called a taxi as soon as Tyler left, getting rid of his presence. I was able to stand up and reach the phone. Then somehow, I managed to collect my things. My passport, what I thought was essential. Not everything, it would have been impossible. I didn’t care. I just wanted to run away, as soon as possible. Pieces of me would remain scattered in that house, anyway. I took myself to a random hotel in the suburbs.
After spending a day locked in the room in total darkness, I called Rachel begging her to come to me. Somehow, I told her everything, even though it meant reliving what had happened. Aloud, not just in my mind. I had no choice, and I had no one else to talk to.
‘I’m going to stay in Paris.’ I ended my story, determined. I had reached that conclusion inside myself, d
