Save Her Lose Us (Evangeline and Soren) novel Chapter 408

Before Finn or Soren could say anything, Theresa stepped forward and wrapped Evangeline in a hug.

Her own eyes were red.

Theresa understood Evangeline’s pain all too well.

She felt it, too.

These few days with Evangeline had been a joy, like stepping back in time to their youth, before everything went wrong.

When she and Evangeline would burst out laughing in their room, she half-expected Julian to walk in, just like he used to, and ask with a smile, “What’s so funny?”

Kearney hadn’t allowed her to get too close to any men, so Theresa had often used “visiting Evangeline” as an excuse to meet Julian. He would take them to newly opened cafes and charming French restaurants.

Even though Victor always found some excuse to tag along, those happy, carefree moments were still something she often reminisced about over the years.

But after the memories faded, Julian would not appear.

Just as they, too, had drifted further and further apart.

Theresa reluctantly let her go. “Evangeline, you and I are different.”

“You have a much brighter future ahead of you, and a career you haven't finished building. If you stay here, you’ll regret leaving all that behind.”

“You do, too,” Evangeline replied.

She wanted to tell Theresa to move forward, to find her own faith in the future again. But thinking of the long years of pain Theresa had endured, she swallowed the words.

Kearney was a pragmatist who would try to exploit Theresa's value the moment she returned. And Victor was a master manipulator who would use every trick in the book to keep her there. After her first escape, getting away a second time would be even harder.

She couldn't go back to Serenity City.

As reason returned, Evangeline dug her nails into her palm, choking back sobs.

Theresa took her hand and said earnestly, “Evangeline, I will come back.”

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