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Chapters (66)
  1. PREFACE
  2. Full Page Image
  3. ONE
  4. TWO
  5. One week ago
  6. THREE
  7. Present day
  8. FOUR
  9. FIVE
  10. SIX
  11. SEVEN
  12. EIGHT
  13. NINE
  14. TEN
  15. ELEVEN
  16. TWELVE
  17. THIRTEEN
  18. FOURTEEN
  19. FIFTEEN
  20. SIXTEEN
  21. SEVENTEEN
  22. EIGHTEEN
  23. NINETEEN
  24. TWENTY
  25. TWENTY-ONE
  26. TWENTY-TWO
  27. TWENTY-THREE
  28. TWENTY-FOUR
  29. TWENTY-FIVE
  30. TWENTY-SIX
  31. TWENTY-SEVEN
  32. TWENTY-EIGHT
  33. TWENTY-NINE
  34. THIRTY
  35. THIRTY-ONE
  36. THIRTY-TWO
  37. THIRTY-THREE
  38. THIRTY-FOUR
  39. THIRTY-FIVE
  40. THIRTY-SIX
  41. THIRTY-SEVEN
  42. THIRTY-EIGHT
  43. THIRTY-NINE
  44. FORTY
  45. FORTY-ONE
  46. FORTY-TWO
  47. FORTY-THREE
  48. FORTY-FOUR
  49. FORTY-FIVE
  50. FORTY-SIX
  51. FORTY-SEVEN
  52. FORTY-EIGHT
  53. FORTY-NINE
  54. FIFTY
  55. FIFTY-ONE
  56. FIFTY-TWO
  57. FIFTY-THREE
  58. FIFTY-FOUR
  59. FIFTY-FIVE
  60. FIFTY-SIX
  61. FIFTY-SEVEN
  62. FIFTY-EIGHT
  63. FIFTY-NINE
  64. SIXTY
  65. SIXTY-ONE
  66. SIXTY-TWO

I shift my gaze to the tall buildings on the other side of the Hudson. Surely, if I'd fallen through some wormhole and arrived in the future, it wouldn't still look this bad?

I blink slowly, satisfied with my train of thought. Maybe it's just some kind of tech I'm not familiar with. I can allow that considering I'm barely familiar with anything.

"I must be going crazy," I sigh. I don't even have the strength to panic about the odd note—or the possibility that I might have arrived in a futuristic but still as dirty NYC. Instead, I simply write it off as being a side effect of my almost drowning. Before I can turn and walk away, though, more letters appear on the surface of the note.

What do you wish for more than anything in this world?

Money? Fame? Revenge? Love?

I rub my eyes vigorously before I look at the note again.

We can make it all come true.

"What the..."

A date appears underneath⁠—

Today at 8:00 p.m

Then there's one more line.

Dare to take the leap.

And just like before, the writing vanishes again, the sparkly note blank and unblemished.

I close my eyes, inhaling deeply. Right, I'm probably hallucinating. It wouldn't be the first time. Extreme conditions tend to do that to a person. Back when I'd worked in Sergio's temple, I'd had periods of utter exhaustion coupled with a lack of nourishment that made me see things that weren't there. But I'm also smart enough to realize that's all it is.

Shaking my head for even entertaining the possibility that the writing might be real, I turn my back to it, leaving it on the ground as I slowly make my way to the main road. There, I hail a taxi to take me to the address Noelle gave me.

FIVE

The loud sound of the ringtone wakes me up. I rub at my eyes as I swing my legs over the bed, walking like a zombie to get the phone.

"Yes?" I answer sleepily.

"Lulu? Where are you?" Noelle's panicked voice startles me.

"I'm at the apartment." I frown, looking at the time. Damn, I've slept almost seven hours. It's already dark outside.

"You need to get out of there right now. Use the back exit."

"What—"

"I don't have time to explain it, but the police issued a warrant for your arrest and they're on their way to the apartment as we speak."

"I don't understand. Why? How would you know? How would they know I'm here?"

My confusion mounts as my brain tries to awaken and make sense of the situation.

"Raf heard about it from one of his contacts in the force. They're claiming you withdrew money from Nicholas's account after the reversal of the will. Apparently, they got a tip from someone that they saw you get into this building."

"I didn't do that. I didn't touch his money."