Chapter 7

As Ava grew closer to Ethan, small inconsistencies in his stories began to emerge. Strange coincidences started to add up, but her heart battled her mind’s warning signs. Ethan always had an answer, always a way to explain away the doubts creeping into her thoughts. Then she found a misplaced note—a receipt from a place she had never been, but Ethan had claimed to have taken her to. The unease settled in her bones, but she convinced herself it was nothing. Love made people blind, and she wasn’t ready to see the truth.