Chapter 111 A Woman In The Shadows

• Sleep refused to come easily to Chloe that night.
• She lay awake for hours, staring at the ceiling while countless thoughts battled for dominance inside her head. Every time she closed her eyes, Rose's face appeared before her. Sometimes it was the Rose she remembered from years ago—the cheerful, ambitious young woman who laughed too loudly and dragged her into trouble more often than not. Other times it was the woman from the surveillance footage, guarded and fearful, carrying the invisible weight of years spent in captivity.
• Neither image allowed her peace.