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When we finally reach the black sedan, Kent and Daniel climb into the back seat on either side of me, sandwiching me in the middle. Pressed between them, I fold my hands between my knees and try my best to breathe evenly.

“Go,” Kent says firmly to Carlos, who obediently peels out. Kent continues to look out the window, surveying the landscape for any

more threats which he didn’t catch the first time..

Daniel, instead, turns to me. He takes my face in my hands.

and carefully looks me over. When he ascertains that I’m not scratched or bruised, he moves on to the rest of my body, putting a hand on my knee and taking me in.

“How are you, Fay?” he asks quietly. “Are you hurt?”

“I’m f–f–fine,” I say, shivering a little. I don’t know whether it’s

shock still, or perhaps the cold-

Suddenly, I remember my beautiful mink stole – still in the coat

check at the country club. I turn backwards to look out the rear

window with a little “oh,” regretting the loss of it.

“What,” Kent says, worried, following my gaze. I instantly feel

guilty – here he is, looking for assassins wielding guns or blades

and here I am, sorry to have lost my coat.

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“N–nothing,” I say, looking up at him. I notice that he’s still clutching his arm and that blood is still seeping from behind his

hand.

I lean across him to look at it. “Are y–you all right?”

he says, pulling away from me with

nothing the guys at home

look up into his face, then, my eyes wide, finally putting the pieces together–god, what the hell took me

were shot!?”

frustrated and like

of

though- after all that we’ve been through

sends me. I lean back into the leather of the

together so that they

clatter.

god, Fay,” Daniel says, pulling off his coat

me. He looks towards his father, who looks straight

should I

his father says. “She’ll get through it. Just keep

me as the

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silent torrent. All of a sudden, I’m so fed

this world, with this life–how people think it’s just normal to have a first shootout, as if

used to

families–people who were coming after me, maybe, trying to take me because I’m a powerful

and Daniel

all then hate everything they stand

kind to me, tries to shush me

softly.

my clattering

all over my face. “I wish I’d never met

my mouth shut. I don’t mean

did, I’d tell his dad

in this for not letting me go, for being

keeping me here, trapped in this life, when all

do is leave.

I can tell by the quilt in

he

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