Chapter 13 - The FallRyan tried to run.
He made it three steps.
An officer caught him.
Ryan fought.
He shouted.
He cursed.
He insisted the house belonged to him.
But the more he resisted, the more obvious his guilt became.
Chloe stood frozen beside the porch.
Then the handcuffs closed around her wrists.
She began sobbing.
"Ryan..."
He didn't look at her.
The man who had promised her a beautiful future was suddenly being taken away from it.
Clara turned away.
She couldn't watch.
Her eyes were fixed on Eleanor.
The cage remained.
The lock remained.
The past remained.
But now, finally, someone had arrived to open the door.
Clara returned to her duffel bag.
She pulled out a heavy pair of bolt cutters.
Eleanor watched.
Her breathing became unsteady.
Clara knelt beside the lock.
"I'm sorry, Mom."
Eleanor shook her head.
"You came."
Clara looked at her.
"Yes."
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She raised the cutters.
"You're never going back in."
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