Dominic
I didn’t know since when Nathaniel coming out of prison became bad news to me. That was what I prayed for when I made the stupid deal to stand in for him, but right now I was scared to my f*****g bones as the reality sat heavy on my head, almost pressing my skull down.
My fingers drummed on the steering wheel the entire drive to the Blackwell estate. It wasn’t even like I meant to do it, but the tapping kept getting louder, matching the nonsense happening in my chest. I clenched my jaw and swallowed hard, again and again, trying to stop myself from pulling over in the middle of the bridge and screaming like some madman who lost a bet with his own sanity.
The closer I got to the estate, the tighter the inside of my chest felt. The gates opened slowly, like they were doing it on p
