Chapter 198

CALLUM’S POV

The cool breeze of the afternoon hit my face the moment I stepped out onto the back patio, but it did nothing to cool the burning ache in my chest.

Hazel’s tiny, screaming voice kept echoing in my head, each word hitting me like a physical blow. I stood on the stone steps for a split second, my hand gripping the iron railing until my knuckles turned white.

I was a grown man, a corpora