Though I couldn't swim well myself, I managed to reach her, I couldn't let her harm the innocent child she carried, regardless of how much I despised her.
Instead of accepting my help, Victoria grabbed my shoulders and forced me under.
"Alexander!" she screamed. "Help me! She's trying to drown me!"
Through the water, I could see Alexander sprinting toward the pool.
Without hesitation, Alexander dove in and pulled Victoria from the pool, carrying her in his arms like a rescued princess.
He didn't even glance back as I desperately fought to reach the surface, swallowing water as my strength faded.
My fingertips just grazed the pool's edge before darkness consumed me.
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Two hours later, after ensuring Victoria was perfectly fine according to three separate doctors he'd summoned to the house, Alexander finally remembered my existence.
He searched every room, growing increasingly agitated when I was nowhere to be found.
By midnight, I was seated in the quiet corner of a 24-hour diner fifty miles away, nursing a cup of coffee as I waited for the mysterious contact to text me.
My burner phone vibrated with a text.