Without Proof

VANESSA

I drove to Declan’s place with a tight grip on the wheel, my mind running wild with thoughts. The streets blurred past me, headlights flashing in the dark, but I barely noticed. My heart was still racing from earlier. The nurse’s cries still echoed in my ears, the way she begged, pleaded, swore on everything she held dear. It didn’t matter. She was nothing. A loose end that needed to be ta