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.

person aside the window realized they had been discovered, they took offright

to fail to go outside to check on her own. She was on the

they’d be since she kit Milker Manot at least she

haltanleep, she heard the sound of the

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

same way he hardenbered, Bella got up and burned on the lights. When the walked over to close the

was the man from earlier in the day, and there was a good chance he was the one who had been perking in on

wondered if he was mentally. Perhaps he surfood more than just an intellectual disabling Why else would

from the town’s station arte er taking her statement, they assured her

she seas too scared

up and leave first thing in the morning she didn’t

phone rang, and she jumped, as she was still un edge. The

she’d answeramy call, even if it was unsalted sales pichest needed to hear another

soon as the cal connected, Simon’s voice came