Chapter 15

“Two years later, the pain from our parents' death was still raw but at least we had found those responsible, it did not fill up the gaping hole that losing them brought but it was closure nonetheless. And we had each other.” Chase said, grief hidden within his words.

I reached down and curled my hand around his, unable to stop myself.

“We had no idea what was coming. If we had, I never would have gone for that meeting, I never would have left the territory, I never would have left Aubrey’s side.”

“Chase...you can’t think like that, it’ll eat you up.” I said, running a thumb over his knuckles in a futile attempt to comfort him. He brought my hand up to his lips and kissed it.

“Trust me, I know that. But I thought of the what-ifs every single day and it killed me. Aubrey was the kindest and bravest soul and the fact that she of all people was gone felt so unfair.

“I wanted to fall off the face of the earth and disappear but I kept on living. I had to. My dad, my mum, and now Aubrey, I