Chapter 17 Chapter Seventeen

At first, she thought he was back for revenge. To hurt her in any way possible, then leave. Then it dawned on her what exactly it was he meant. She wanted to laugh, and wave it off as a sick joke. Only, she knew Chris wasn't joking. "What...what do you mean, Chris? I hope this is one of your jokes..." Another nervous sip. Her heart rate was speeding up, and she wished she could jump up, and scurry away without having to hear what he had to say. Yet that part of her that had yearned for him silently, painfully, over the years, ached to know what Christian Sydney was back in town for.