against Kacie as she walked down the empty hallway. She felt a phantom pursu

llided with a heavyset m

going!" he slurred

rying to pull away. "I'll

is face. "Dry cleaning? You think that's enough? Get on y

ed. "No. Just tell m

I say." He started to drag her toward the bal

her voice low and dangerou

His wife is in there right now, dancing w

ked inside. And there, in the center of the dance floor,

ecklace. The one that was meant for Kacie. They were a stunning couple, a perfect match. They moved together gracefully,

and an explanation, died. What was the point? Th

rchief from the man's breast pocket and carefully wi

he crowd, and then he saw her. He saw her

e crowd and, without a word, punched the drunk man

He then pulled Kacie to her feet and, ignoring t

her. "Why didn't you call for me?" he

her lips. "I didn't want to interrupt

replacement for the dan

want to hear any more of your excuses." She looked him in th

hrown away their wedding photo. He had assumed she was leaving him. In

c," she said, her v

ator was

p painfully tight. "Don't pla

no wor

the ground floor when his phone rang agai

Jayden! She's

grabbed Kacie and ran, not

ife to Jayden's throat. It was

"You humiliated me! No

othing to do with this." He was trying to sound cal

ughed. "Everyone knows she's the most

lp me!" Jay

ard. The man pressed the knife harde

?" Cedric asked,

t her," he said, pointing the knife at Kacie. "Send you

e looked at her, his eyes pleading. Then, h

cted not at the kidnapper, but at Kacie, or maybe

t night, he got on his knees.

ased Jayden, who immediately r

m wrapped around her neck, and a sharp blade pressed ag

oor burst open, and pol

him raise the knife. Her last sight was of Cedr

ice, clear and decisive, r

ho