Elaine's POV
I can't let this continue, i just can't.
My eyes move from face to face.
Zane, lucas, Aria and Thomas.
Every single person standing here is seconds away from making a decision they'll regret for the rest of their lives.
I can see it, feel it. The tension is so thick it feels almost impossible to breathe.
Thomas is unraveling, Zane is hanging on by a thread and Lucas looks one wrong word away from launching himself across the clearing.
And all around us are armed security men with fingers dangerously close to triggers.
One mistake, one sudden movement and somebody dies.
The thought makes me feel sick.
No. Not tonight….i refuse.
I've lost too many people already.
Margaret, my parents…the years Aria lost.
Everything Thomas became.
I can't stand here and watch another tragedy unfold. Especially not when my family is finally together again.
My hand unconsciously drifts to my stomach.
The baby.
God.
I need to get us out of this….all of us.
