Chapter 48 : Escape to the City

Cruz’s POV

I know this is probably a fool’s errand, but I cannot help but fuel the desire to try.

I can see no other way around what is currently happening to me. I cannot justify staying any longer. I have had myself convinced for the past few weeks that I was helping Haven by staying here with my mother and Liliana. I now realize that my own happiness is more important than fulfilling an agenda.

I have to do it. There is no way around it.

I am escaping.

I am leaving here and now. There is every chance I am going to fail, but I cannot help but think about what might happen if I succeed.

I will be free, or, at least, I will be out of their grasp just long enough to possibly separate myself from the family. I have enough assets if I can just get to a computer.

I will be able to go back to Haven and tell her how I feel about her.

I will be taking my life into my own hands, able to live and love as I see fit.

I am doing it—right here, right now.