Chapter 130 — So Much Trouble

• ~ CATHERINE ~
• As the machine keeps playing, my heartbeat climbs higher and higher. The message is too intimate, too damn personal. When Mark mentions his behavior, alluding to the bite he begged for that nearly killed him, I want to fold in on myself and disappear. If I could shrivel up and vanish into the floor to escape his voice, Cain’s presence, and my own mortification, I would.
• The message ends. The tape stops. And silence stretches between us like a blade.