Shattered Longings

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on her machome atter work, as the son was setting, Bellacouldn’t shake the feeling that someone was trading her yet, every time she looked back, there was no one there.

She thought of that man and couldn’t help but leelnenus. She quickened her pace, almost beraking into a miñas she hurried back home. As soon as she depped into the cound, the locked the gate behind her.

She was all alone now, and it was freaking her out. Bella tried to imagine that Lemand and Dominic were still around, but the empty courtyard constantly reminded her that she

She had been preparing to kave for several days, but she hadn’t decided on a city to settle in. She didn’t want anything else to happen.

After dinner and a shonest, she went to the bathroom with some con clothes. The wound on her head was already healed, so she could get it set

While she was taking a shower, she heard something unusual amid the sound of running water. Their was an alley outside the bathroom window, and even though she had closed it, the sound was clearly coming from mutside

Bella held her breath and carefully dressed herselt night then, thenated some approching the window, and she screamed.

window realized they had been

outside to check on her own.

be since she kit Milker Manot at least

Bella was haltanleep, she heard the sound of the window being

was.hist the wind, but when she opened her eyes, she saw a figureclimbing through the windows into her room. Terrified, she screamed, “Who

greclumsily climbed back out the window the same way he hardenbered, Bella got up and burned on the lights. When the walked over to close

the man from earlier in the day, and there was a good chance he

he surfood more than just an intellectual disabling Why else would he do somethingan

arte er taking her statement, they assured her they would fad the

caps left, she seas too scared to sleep, she just cred in

stay up and leave first thing in the morning she didn’t care where she went; she just

rang, and she jumped, as she was still un

call, even if it

the cal connected, Simon’s voice came through “You’re still awake,