Chapter 89

Kent moves around the table, and to my surprise, he takes a key out of his pocket and slides it under the metal table. A mechanism snaps, and I feel a sudden give to my handcuffs as they are

released from the table.

Before I can pull away, Kent grabs the chain between the cuffs, taking control of my actions. He says nothing as he starts moving towards the center of the room, pulling me roughly along with him. When we reach a spot where a short chain is bolted to the floor, with an open padlock at the end, Kent stops.

He slowly brings my manacled hands close to his face, my body pulled close to his. “On your knees, Fay,” he says, firm..

My mouth hangs open in disbelief. Why? I try to speak, to question his demand.

“I said,” he says, his brows knitting cruelly together. “On your

knees.”

Slowly, my earlier courage abandons me, and I begin to sink to my knees as Kent lowers his hand to allow me to do so. I find myself resting there, my knees on the cold cement floor, my arms. stretched above my head, looking up at him with wide eyes.

Kent lowers one knee to the ground, maintaining eye contact with

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  1. me. Then, slowly, he raises the chain from the ground, wrapping it

    my handcuffs and sliding

    perfect circle. I look down, realizing that I am once

    and at his mercy.

    at him as

    his

    all over you. My

    by being kind, and fair,

    logical.”

    his hands into his pockets, his

    waist, bringing his face close to

    by the time I was eight.”

    mouth falls open slightly, and I watch as his hands clench

    when you tell me,” he continues,

    “to trust you, to treat you as someone I trust, without having

    head to watch him, but my movement is

    Fay,” he says, taking another step, “to

    like a fool.”

    my heartbeat and breath quickening. I can’t see him, don’t know where he is. I listen intently,

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    hear his voice very close to my ear.

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    I’m a fool, Fay?” his voice is a whisper, sending a shiver down my spine

    In this moment, I feel completely different than I did just minutes ago at the table. Then, I had the power,

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