Two Can Play (Celeste and Dominic) novel Chapter 478

A long moment of silence stretched between us, and I watched a thought form behind her eyes before she spoke it. "Why can't we just run away from here?"

"Run away?"

"Maya and Jasmine are safe now. Sparrow is searching for Big Bryan, which means Big Bryan is running from him. We could go somewhere else, change our identities, change our lives, and live for ourselves, just the two of us. We could be free, Scarlett. Really free."

I shook my head slowly, because the hope in her voice hurt, and I hated the answer I had to give. "No, Tasha. We can't. We had a deal, remember? You were there. You saw the contract Sparrow prepared, the one for his wife. He wanted me to take it, but I handed it over to you, for the sake of your protection. You read it that day, didn't you?"

"Yes, I read it."

"You signed it, too, didn't you?"

"Yes." She nodded, her eyes dropping.

"So if we go against what we signed, Sparrow will have every reason to come after us. And how long do you think we could hide from a man like him? Do you want us to spend our lives looking over our shoulders? If Sparrow gets rid of Big Bryan completely, and we walk away eventually, we can live freely, without ever running again.

But if we make Sparrow our enemy, he will hunt us to the ends of the earth. It would be trading one enemy for another, and I will not do that to you, Tasha. I will not trade your safety for any comfort."

Her shoulders sagged, but she nodded. "So we just have to live out this one year."

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