As Mavis made her way to the bathroom, she paused and turned back to Harlan.

“Do you know what they would have done to me if I’d refused to tell them what they wanted?” she asked.

Harlan averted his gaze, pushing away the thoughts that her question had provoked. Whatever might have happened to her was of no concern to him. The only thing that mattered was the peril Derek faced due to Mavis’ actions.

Harlan sneered.

“So, you really said that?”

Frustrated, Mavis shook her head and headed straight for the lady’s room.

She took a few steps forward, then looked back at the door. Just as she had anticipated, Harlan was stationed by the bathroom’s entrance.

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them.

to her bruised belly, the

Say it. Come closer, and

scared now,” the man

brought his ear closer, only

of pain filled the air, and his

yelled, but the pain fueling her body seemed to drown out everything else. She wouldn’t let go,

when her father’s protective men arrived

the door, his

Patiently, he waited another two minutes, but

settled in his gut. Something had happened. With a sense of urgency, he

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