Susanna was about to lose her mind.

This was just too much.

"If Dan screwed you over, go yell at Dan, that jerk. Why are you coming after me?

Is it just because you can't take him down yourself?"

"Come on, admit it, you couldn't take him in a fair fight, could you?"

The more Susanna thought about it, the angrier she got.

All week, she'd been running around, begging for mercy, trying every trick in the

book.

But Yvonne? Yvonne was on a whole other level of ruthless.

Case in point: at that very moment, right after Susanna's exasperated "for Pete's sake!", two women in workout gear strode over like they owned the place.

Before Susanna could react, they each grabbed an arm and took off running- with her in tow.

Susanna: ".

"Send help.

Yvonne just called out, "You run like that? That'll be a hundred laps, honey!"

Susanna: "!!!"

God help her, this woman was made of stone.

When Yorick pissed her off, she'd just slap him around a little or maybe kick

Yvonne? Yvonne didn't mess

her teeth. "Fine, you win. You're the boss, okay?

pure frustration, with a healthy splash of

few days, but Yvonne always had

laps? With Yvonne's twisted logic, if she didn't

this rate, she'd be running

Ugh-

go, I'll do it

her go, trading a knowing look as Susanna tore off like her life depended

her deck chair,

workout-women joined her. One of them said, "She's

tougher than

Please. They're all soft if you ask

she needed six or seven hours.

small. Ten

finishing ten laps in three hours?

Star, we totally missed her potential

"True," the woman agreed.

Sunset Isle, they'd actually gone easy on her for a couple

was only later that

coddled her at all-just tossed her straight

laughing, remembering the fake inflatable ago. "God, that was hilarious. Do you

ale from three days

her hidden reserves kicked in. She'd rowed that boat like an Olympic athlete, arms pumping

remembering how Susanna's survival instincts

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