Chapter 10: An Unexpected Connection
The house was quiet when Lucas arrived.
Rowena had timed it perfectly… Patrick was at a late business dinner. And Mira had gone out with her friends. Only the night guard stood outside so disinterested to question the familiar man at the door.
I wheeled myself to the sitting room. I hadn't seen Lucas in months, not since before the accident, not since before my world had collapsed.
I had known him then to be fierce, stubborn and always warned me about Patrick. But I didn't listen, now here he was, walking right back into my life, carrying all the weight of my regrets.
“Jenny!” His voice was soft, but it held a trace of anger, anger at my silence, at my suffering, and at himself for not doing more.
I steadied my breath. “Lucas!”
For a moment, nei
