CHAPTER 83

JESS

I jolted awake, my eyes snapping open to find I was staring at the ceiling of a car. I blinked a few times to focus and looked around. Someone was driving, but I could only make out a blue baseball cap. My vision was still blurry. My first instinct was to scream, to cry out for h

out muffled, and the heavy metal music drowned it out.

Every time I tried to open my mouth wide enough to get the tape to loosen, I could feel my skin tear on the side of my face. Then I remembered something knocked me out. I squirmed against the ropes that were burning into my wrists behind my back; my arms were going Shit. This is bad.

This is really bad.

Oh god, we had walked outside to meet Sam... Was Sam...

Fuck.

I can't remember.

blinked a few times, then

a police vehicle. Maybe this was a

to wake Laura, but she didn't move. I needed to think, and I needed a plan. My wrists were bound, yes, but there was little room. If I could

awkwardly into the metal cage. My shoulder hit the hard metal with a sickening crack, and a wave of pain shot through me s I wanted to scream, but the tape muffled my cries, trapping the sound in my throat. I lay

what had just happened. I looked over at Laura, who slumped forward but

was waking up. I felt the tiniest bit

hear any sound, any clue about what was going to happen next. My body shook with the pain and fear, and I could barely breathe, but I needed to get my shit together. I needed to

metal music stopped, and the

Fuck.

rough material, I

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in my

I heard footsteps, heavy and deliberate, coming toward the truck. The sound made my heart skip a beat, dread pooling in my stomach like ice. Whoever was driving was coming

around, and I could see the panic in her eyes. I turned my body around so my back was facing her legs

If this man

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