Chapter 216
\nThree Years Later, He Came Back Begging novel Chapter 216<\/p>\n
Right now, Bonnie just couldn\u2019t bring herself to think about any of that. She\u2019d barely gotten through one crisis, and grad school exams were already breathing down her neck. Her love life never seemed to make it onto the priority list.<\/p>\n
All she knew was that, so far, she didn\u2019t mind hanging out with Aiken.<\/p>\n
As she stared at her phone, another message from Helen popped up. \u201cEspecially since you\u2019ll move to Oasinia if you get in. Long-distance is hard enough. Plus, Aiken\u2019s job isn\u2019t exactly easy. Honestly, I think this will really test your relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bonnie smiled at that. People always thought Helen was carefree and blunt, but the truth was, she caught onto everything. She saw right through people and situations, maybe that\u2019s why she just did whatever made her happy.<\/p>\n
Bonnie typed back, \u201cI will. I promise I\u2019m not going to rush this. Don\u2019t worry.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jumping into a new relationship without thinking it through wasn\u2019t fair to anybody. If she and Aiken were really going to give this a shot, Bonnie wanted to be sure\u2014really sure\u2014before she said yes to him.<\/p>\n
She finished her chat with Helen, got up, did her morning routine, then settled in for another round of studying. Around nine, the snowfall picked up, coming down even thicker and faster. Aiken drove right into the garage.<\/p>\n
Bonnie grabbed her bag and took the elevator down.<\/p>\n
Aiken was waiting for her by his car, still in his police uniform.<\/p>\n
When Bonnie walked over, he opened the door for her. She noticed right away that he wasn\u2019t wearing his usual wide smile. Instead, his face was a little tense, a little heavy.<\/p>\n
Her stomach fluttered with nerves. \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d she asked quietly. \u201cAren\u2019t you supposed to be off today? Why are you in uniform?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s get in the car first. It\u2019s nothing big,\u201d Aiken said, his voice softer than usual. He waited for Bonnie to sit, then walked around and got in on the driver\u2019s side.<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t waste any time or sugarcoat things. As he started driving, Aiken explained, \u201cWe don’t have enough evidence to bring Hannah in yet. We tried calling her a few days ago with no luck. Today, we finally got through, but it was Lawrence who picked up.\u201d<\/p>\n
He drew a slow breath. \u201cHe told us Hannah is in the hospital. She tried to kill herself. She cut her wrist, hit the artery, lost a lot of blood. Nerves and tendons are messed up, too. She\u2019s not stable, not just physically, but emotionally. If we want to question her, we\u2019ll have to go there in person.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aiken thought about Lawrence at the hospital, looking like a ghost, barely holding it together, still promising to get Hannah into therapy, insisting they\u2019d call the police as soon as she stabilized. For some reason, Aiken couldn\u2019t shake the feeling that maybe it wasn\u2019t just Hannah who needed help.<\/p>\n
Maybe it was Lawrence who needed saving.<\/p>\n
He looked like he was about to fall apart, like one bad day would just totally break him.<\/p>\n
Even so, as Aiken was about to leave, Lawrence stopped him. He asked if Aiken was going to see Bonnie. He wanted Aiken to tell Bonnie that they would never cover for Hannah.<\/p>\n
Tell her she didn\u2019t have to worry.<\/p>\n
Aiken let out a long sigh. \u201cWe\u2019ll keep working on the case. She can\u2019t just keep hurting herself to get out of this. And the Lane family is cooperating, they say they won\u2019t let her off because of this, but… honestly, this might drag on for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-884","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}