Chapter 25 Take Me To That Night

• L “We can leave this place, the four of us. We can go somewhere far, somewhere even Lucian cannot reach, and start our lives afresh there,” she said with her eyes shining brightly, actually believing the possibility of escaping from Lucian, her voice filled with hope and desperation.
• “Mum, stop. Stop it, Mum. Where can we possibly run to where Lucian won't be able to find us? Even if such a place exists, it means we would always live our lives in fear and hiding, always watching our backs... We would be living in fear that someday, any day, Lucian would discover where we are, and we will most definitely be disciplined. Is that the life you want to live? Is that the life you want Karen to be raised in?” Adams said, his voice filled with frustration and sadness.
• “But at least we would be together, all of us,” Mrs Bright said, her voice trembling with uncertainty and doubt, but she was already seeing the plan as a failed one.