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SlowlyI’m immersed in darkness It takes me acar,to the leather The car takes a sharp turn, and h It feels like hts a blurred h a puddle of water that’s ot here

A wave of nausea overco like I’otten car sick before, but right now, I could blow chunks Slowly hts return, and as I roll over on the seat, I’m reminded that soed and kidnapped me

Jackknifing in the seat, my vision blurs at the fast h et the nausea to fade away, and after a few more seconds pass, my vision fully clears, and I can make out the person in the driver’s seat

What the hell?

“Ber… ah, I ?”

His eyes find mine in the rearview mirror, “I’m really sorry, Harlow, but you weren’t safe at the house, and it’s my job to keep you safe” His eyes fall back to the road There isn’t an ounce of reret in his voice, and I have to wonder how sane he is right now

Is this a joke? So

“So, you drugged and kidnapped me to keep me safe? Seems like the opposite if you ask me!” I try to keep my voice even, but patience escapes me, and it comes out as a yell

“I’et you out of the house fast, and I knew you wouldn’t have coly,” he explains further

He is right about that, I wouldn’t have co the people I love, but Milton doesn’t know that, or if he does, he doesn’t care My gaze swings around the blacked-out SUV and then out theIt’s so dark, I can’t make out where we’re headed

“Why do you think I wasn’t safe at the house?”

“It’s not that I think you’re not safe I know it”

“Explain, tell ht now you lookto hurt me than anyone else”

With a loud exhale of breath, he starts to speak, “Remember at the rehearsal dinner when I bu her fall and your food went everywhere?”