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Lana gathered her wits and shrugged "I don’t think that I was just guessing"

"Uh-huh Just guessing What aren’t you telingthat fulness that had been so soft and war that they’d be forced to pretend to be lovers again It was the only way she could see aher

"I can’t help you if you lie to me"

"You can’t help me at al I’m fine"

"Bulshit You’re scared to death, but not about the news that so I’d think so like that would creep you out more than it has Why is that, Lana?"

"I am scared"

"Yes, but no more than you have been since I ca in fear, and I’l be damned if I knohy you won’t let me help"

"You can’t help"

"Only because you won’t be honest with me At least not about this"

"What’s that supposed to iven ht You weren’t lying then, by God"

"No, but you were" Her voice was quiet, barely audible over the huhtened on the wheel "I let things go too far I’et it I have"

"Another lie for the pile?"

Lana turned away and looked out the atching buildings slide by in the darkness Maybe she should just disappear Someone else could take over the foundation, and she could just go ahere no one would find her Not even Caleb Who knows, maybe she’d start some new life and find a little happiness She didn’t need o home where she’d feel safe It wasn’t much to ask for

Caleb puled the car into a hotel and parked "I know that you have no reason to trust me, but I pro with, you’re not alone"

And that was the problem If she’d been alone, it would have been easy It was al those people she cared about that chained her to her lies, her secrets She couldn’t let theet hurt But rather than explain that to hiot out of the car

Kara wiped a drop of blood froe clearly The sstore was cramped and hot, but it was the only place where she could view the security-cae It showed her al too clearly how easily Caleb had thwarted her

He’d stripped al of Kara’s toys fro next to a bottle of cheap perfu to kil hih to convince her

Marcus was right Caleb’s presence was going toto Lana ht, but she didn’t even have a clue where Lana was Not in her apartment, certainly Al of those cameras and microphones were stil in place, and no one was houard in frustration He fel from the chair onto the floor in a squishy heap, with his pants stil around his ankles His as going to be pissed when they found hi so easy to seduce

With her rubber gloves carefuly in place, Kara removed the VCR tape fro sure her entrance into the store wouldn’t be found by the police She was going to have to face Marcus with her failure to kil Lana tonight, but there was no way she was going to do it from behind bars That’s what Dennis was for

Caleb went into the bathroom of their hotel room and stripped out of his wet jeans He needed a few hts Ever since the fiasco in the shower, he hadn’t been able to think straight How could he think about anything else but the way she’d tasted, the sweet little sounds she’dup with the steam of the shower? Five years froone farther while cursing hione too far as it was Her taste was in his er for him

Caleb tossed his jeans over the shower curtain rod to dry This shoas bigger than Lana’s They’d fit in here a lot easier He’d have lots of rooainst the wal to thrust up inside her, and the endless supply of hot water would give him plenty of time to make her come over and over

Lana would let him He kneithout a doubt Her reaction to hi about her It was almost as if she needed the connection to another human, as if she was starved for affection Or maybe just pleasure There had been dark tiht out feuilt and fear and loneliness Maybe this was one of those dark times for Lana Maybe he could ease her pain, if only for a little while

Caleb gritted his teeth and pushed away the te her, and there was sin to happen

His wet boxers did nothing to stave off his erection, but getting the clammy material off was a considerable chore with the added obstacle He took his ti co else to ease his lust

It took a while, but he finaly got himself under control

Caleb storet her to tel hi on He would use coercion or scare tactics or whatever he had to to get her to talk He wasn’t going to let his guilt or syet in the way of his job

But she had falen asleep while he’d been working hiood intentions went out theShe hadn’t even taken off her shoes

She was just lying there across the blankets on one of the beds, her chest rising and faling in the rhythht back al the softness that seeing her like that brought up in hiht now, but despite his best efforts, he failed to feel anything else

He slipped her shoes off her feet, but she didn’t stir He puled the blankets down on one side of the double bed and slid her under them She made sleepy sounds of protest but didn’t wake She th It had been a long day and he was glad she was getting some rest Maybe it would make her more reasonable--make her see that she could trust him

Maybe it would just make her that much more stubborn and silent