Chapter 7

With Cristoff in pursuit of Justin, knowing he had his wife....

Justin had taken some time off from work at the hospital to tend to Tristana, whom he had managed to whisk away to a remote part of the country in an isolated cabin.

Justin looked in on his sleeping patient, who seemed calm and at peace. After taking her vitals, he left to go make something to eat, but before closing the door, he heard a small cry come from inside.

"Don't go!" Tristana cried out in a whisper.

"Hey, I was just going to make something for you to eat." Justin replied. "I thought you might be a little hungry?"

"Now that you mention it..."Tristana began but trailed off.

"Okay, I'll be right back." Justin said, before rushing off to the kitchen to rummage up a meal for the two of them.

While Justin was gone, Tristana reached for her phone that Justin left on her bedside and viewed her messages. One was from Cristoff.

"I'm going to find you, Tristana!" Cristoff wrote. "You and Justin won't get away with this!"

Tristana heard the door open and turned off her phone when Justin set down their meal of soup and sandwiches on the bedside table that Justin set up for Tristana.

Tristana tried to enjoy the meal, but after viewing Cristoff's message, she had lost her appetite.

"Hey, I thought you were hungry?" Justin asked when he noticed her sadness.

"I was." Tristana began. "And then I looked at my messages."

"Oh? What's wrong?"

"Just the one I saw from Cristoff. He said he would find me and that you and I would regret what we did? “Tristana told him.

"Don't worry. Cristoff won't find you." Justin told her as he held her hand in his. "Nobody knows of this cabin. It's in a remote part of the country."