Chapter 348: Won’t Let Go
When Sebastian had pushed her over to Derek. Emily had expected them to share a brief goodbye. Then for them to take one last shot at Sebastian. Maybe throwing themselves at him in unison. That way they would die with one of them, at least having landed a punch or a kick.
But then Derek had told her his plan of jumping, and she’d said yes without thinking too hard on it. But her agreement with the crazy plan had not been for her sake. Instead, she had done it for Derek’s.
She had known that no matter what happened, Derek would not leave her behind. If she charged at Sebastian like she had wanted to do. Then Derek would have followed, dying by his uncle’s hand. And if she had headed to the car when Sebastian had been ordering them to get into it.
Then Derek would have done the same as well, drowning alongside her.
Emily could not swim, but Derek practically lived in the water.
Jumping had meant that he still had a chance, even if for her it was still just another way to die. So she had agreed and they had jumped. Her arm catching fire, as they had done so, She’d had only a moment to think, ’I’ve been shot’ before she’d pushed the thought aside. She’d had bigger problems on her hands. Falling being the primary one. The force with which they’d hit the waters had been jarring.
But even so, Emily had still kept her wits about her.
’Save Derek,’ She’d thought.
Only that plan had hit a barrier that she really should have anticipated. Derek had had no intentions of letting her drown. She’d tried to struggle when they hit the waters. To pull herself away from him, so that he had a better chance.