Second Choice Wife novel · Chapter 22 of 24
Chapter 22: The New Ring
Quarry Road at night was exactly as dark as Heath had said.
I drove it with the high beams on and both hands tight on the wheel.
About a mile in, the headlights picked up a pair of tail lights ahead on the shoulder.
An old pickup truck sat there with its engine ticking.
It was faded green, with a dent in the tailgate and a Larkfield High parking sticker still on the back window.
It was the truck from the lake.
I parked behind it and turned my car off.
The driver's door was open.
Heath sat sideways on the seat with his boots in the gravel and his elbows on his knees.
His hands were shaking so hard I could see it from ten feet away.
"I drove it," he said, before I reached him. "From the carriage house to here. Seven miles."
"I stopped twice. I threw up once, behind the mailbox."
"Heath."
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of Second Choice Wife are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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