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Cindy: An Unending Crush

Having been through a serious tragedy in which her life fell apart, Cindy meets Jake while working the streets. He is surprisingly nice to her and invites her into a bubble which is burst by the boisterous Elizabeth. Later she realizes Jake is from a life before. With Elizabeth seeking to wreck their union and facing obstacle after obstacle, will she remain strong and preserve her newfound romance?

EddyTakaz · Urban
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125 Chs

Chapter Ninety-Four: At the mercy of a loaded weapon.

Cold air creeped into the room through the small space from the almost closed door. Grant stood shivering in the face of danger as he pondered in exactly which moment his life would flash before his eyes. He never imagined he would ever be in such a predicament as this. How often does it happen that a deer turns the tables against a lion? The ecology in this whole moment was obscene, she was supposed to be the prey.

"You my friend, find yourself at the mercy of a loaded weapon."

Her gaze was constant, without stutter. Compassion had been chased away and all her eyes projected was conviction. Conviction of a murderous kind.

"Please, I beg of you. Let me live," he said as tears began to form the facial waterfall from which he showed his helplessness. He in turn hoped she would show him sympathy, but such words seemed like fallacies – truths in which error had found a place to reside.