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She grinned widely and thought of their first date, how it’d been a little awkward, but she was so attracted to him. And of course, that made her think of their first kiss and first time together. She thought a little too much of that and it got her all warm and excited. She wanted him. Where had he gone, anyway?
She tried to pick up her head to see him, or turn, but it was difficult. Her head weighed a hundred pounds. But she heard gunfire. He must be killing someone, then. Oh good. She saw the side of him come into view and heard him ask Jeremy a question. Something about how he hurt her. Aww, he was defending her. Hunter was so great.
No wonder she’d fallen in love with him. She thought of the conversations where he’d said he wanted to kill Jeremy for her and that he’d do anything to protect her and her daughter. Oh. Where was Opal anyway? Oh well, she was fine, surely. Hunter would make sure she was okay because that’s just what he did. He took care of them. He was there and he protected them. No wonder she loved him. She was lucky he loved her back. He could be like Jeremy and decide that she was no good. And that would be no good because she really liked—no loved—Hunter. Maybe, when this was all over, she’d even marry him.
As she pictured their wedding, she was seeing it bathed in bright white light, shining from above, like heaven calling to her. She started to let herself drift toward the light, but had a vivid realization. If she went to the light, that meant she was dying. She couldn’t be dying. Not now. Not yet.
Suddenly, she was panicking. Where was Opal? What was happening to her? Jeremy had been about to murder her. Had he succeeded? Jeremy had Opal. Jeremy had her. Jeremy had injected her with something. Something that might be killing her. And if she wasn’t dying, she might face a worse situation being alive if her daughter was dead. No, she couldn’t go toward heaven. She needed to face this hell happening on earth. She had to be here for Opal.
Where was Opal? She tried to see her. Tried to squint through the light blinding her, tried to keep her eyelids open. She called for her, but it came out like a weak groaning sound. Not an audible word at all. She had to wake up.
Vanessa tried to will herself awake. To pick up her head, to open her eyes fully. I have to save my daughter! she screamed in her mind. No matter what she did, nothing seemed to help her. Her head grew heavier still, her eyelids wouldn’t open, and now she couldn’t swallow.
Her saliva bubbled up, spilling over her lips. Her tongue wouldn’t work. The light started to fade to darkness. She felt herself falling, but she wasn’t sure where she was going or where she would stop.
Before she hit the ground and lay still, she heard Hunter’s voice, loud and frantic, calling out her name.
