ABIGAIL’S POV

I had unblocked Aaron’s number like he had told me to so that he could communicate with me. There was no way out, and I was trapped to obey his every word. If I didn’t, he made sure to plant repercussions for it. Mostly to do with hurting the people I loved.

I couldn’t do anything about it. He had me by what mattered most in my life aside from John. For some reason, he was never part of the bargaining chip, which was odd to me. I figured that would have been ...