Beyond

When you kidnap a woman you're obsessed with, keep her chained in your basement, and hurt her, you tend to form a bond. And that's exactly what happened. After I escaped from jail, Eden called and asked to see me. That was the first time since I'd stuck that knife in her and brought her to the hospital.

Of course, Eden fought with herself for a long time. How could she possibly want to see the man who harmed her? Why wasn't she afraid that I'd finish the job? As I listened to her speak on the other end of the line, I wondered if I should tell her about Sophia.

We were connected, and she was never going to tell what she had been doing, that she had been seeing me. As far as anyone was concerned, she was still a victim. We all have secrets. What I knew about Eden was mine.