Building Her Throne Burying My Heart (Claire) novel Chapter 24

The caller’s tone shifted, sharper than before. “If you ever loved her, even a little, you’d want her to have a good life. But look at you. You can’t give her that. All you’ll do is hurt her again.”

I didn’t know who he was or what he wanted, but the more he talked, the more obvious it became. He wanted me gone. Far from Claire. If I had to guess, the only people who would want that—besides Claire—were Garrison.

I forced a thin smile. “I told you, I’m not leaving.”

I didn’t wait for him to answer. I ended the call and blocked his number. Then I lay back down, my stomach twisting with pain. I swallowed a couple of painkillers, just to take the edge off. Outside, the night was silent and still, but inside my head, everything was chaos. Sleep was impossible.

The next morning, a nurse stopped by my room. “Your mother’s a little more stable today, but she still needs to be under observation. Here’s the bill, you’ll need to pay it at the desk.”

I stared at the paper she handed me. The numbers kept stacking up, bigger every day. “Thank you,” I said, though it felt pointless.

At this rate, my savings would vanish in no time. I needed a real job, and soon.

I was about to start looking when my phone rang. It was a job agent I knew.

“Lambert, I heard you’re looking for work,” he said.

I was caught off guard. “How did you know?”

“Someone you used to work with mentioned it. Anyway, I’ve got something that might fit. Interested?”

“What kind of job?”

He cleared his throat. “Chauffeur. You’d be driving a company CEO. The pay’s decent, but you’d need to be on call pretty much all the time.”

“How much does it pay?”

“About ten thousand a month. What do you think?”

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABELVerify