One Step Closer

Angela rushes to the courthouse with the recording of David admitting to being part of the young boy's death. As she approached the courthouse and filed the case, the word spread to David immediately. However, David's secrets and the whole story remained locked within his chest. He carried the pain and refused to fight back. A new character is introduced, the only person David truly trusts, May. May refuses to let David give up, and so she finds herself at Angela's doorstep. Upon learning what David is being sued for, she begs Angela to hear the whole story. Angela finds herself at the same pizza place she began to fall for David at, and as he meets her there, his secrets spill out. She gets to witness a new side of David, and she realizes that she was judging him too soon. Before the whole story can leave his mouth, Angela learns the news that Toby has been taken. Angela, David, and David's trusted friend and training partner rush to Toby's apartment; with his absence, panic begins to spread between them. Back at David's penthouse, Angela watches as he breaks down and drinks, and she carries him back to the room, and he opens up about his fear of losing her forever. The book ends in tragedy and a cliffhanger waiting to be revealed. Angela gets sabotaged on a mission to save Toby. With a gun in her hand, she pulls the trigger, not knowing who it was pointed towards as her own past mistakes mislead her.