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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didn’t tell them. Why

her hand went to her bruised belly, the memories of that

it. Come closer, and I’ll tell

now,” the

his ear closer, only for her to bite it with

pain filled the air, and his companions rushed over to

one of them yelled, but the pain fueling her body seemed to drown out everything else. She wouldn’t

men arrived on the scene, breaking

door, his eyes fixed on

had ticked by, and Mavis had not emerged. Patiently, he waited another two minutes, but still no sign of

sense of urgency, he strode into the lady’s room only to find it

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