EPILOGUEWEST HAD BEEN RIGHT. SHE got the call two days later; two, terrifying days of keeping Samara and Uncle Joe as close as she could. They were the only people in the world she was close to—aside from West, but she didn’t have to try to keep West close because he never left her side.
She hadn’t let Samara out of her sight even once, knowing her entire world could be stolen away in the blink of an eye. But the tension was beginning to wear on her. She jumped at every sound, couldn’t concentrate on her work and slept fitfully each night. If West hadn’t been there, she wasn’t sure she would have been able to sleep at all. But he’d stayed, holding her in his arms and whispering soothingly when she awoke in a panic. She wasn’t ready to admit how quickly he’d found his way into her heart, e
