Chapter 58
Loretta made it as far as back into the tunnel. When her boots caught on the uneven bricks, she stopped with one hand on the rough wall. Her chest felt full of water, heavy and hot, and the burning pressure rose into her throat.
She swallowed a few times, trying to stop everything from bursting out of her too fast to survive, or stop. She held her breath, but that only let her gasp turn into a moan.
"No, I will not give in to this," she whispered, walking a few steps. "Not over anyone. Not over any man. Not over Karl..."
His name was too much, and Loretta leaned against the wall with her face in her hands. She hadn't cried like this for years, not since she'd finally gotten away from the evil people who raised her.
She'd never thought anything would push the fear of seeing
