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He called out of the roos I’ve bought for you"

I looked over at the door and sighed I pulled off s I kicked theot my attention I looked back and blushed, "Sorry, Steve"

He waved ulped back so on

"Thanks for the fun!" I shouted and bolted for the door I heldopen the door to the stairs I had a clutch and a hair elastic and ht and opened the door to the next floor I closed it and tiptoed down the next flight Just in case they were following me, they would think I’d left I slowly opened the door on the lower floor and knocked on the first door I found

An elderly lady answered and ju ot stuck inand won’t open it"

She started to snicker and opened the door for me, "Little brats!"

I stepped inside and closed it, still covering myself She passed me the robe from her door I pulled it on and shook hed, "Oh my I bet they’ll have sore bottoms"

I nodded, "Sure will Do you mind if I call the front desk frohed, "Lord no Use the one in the bathroom"

I slipped in and dialed 9-1-1 on the phone I pulled from my clutch

The FaceTilike Starbucks I put ers to my lips

I winked, "My kids locked me out of the rooone The code e had agreed on, when I left the car in the parking lot of the Boston airport It meant I was in severe shit and needed an evac i at the front door I would have to find a way tospotted and taken back to the room, or worse

I slipped the phone back in and thanked her She chuckled again and walkedthe hall to the other set of stairs I opened them and sprinted down My bare feet were nearly silent at first, but the flights started to get unbearable I opened up a door on the tenth floor and ran across the hall I pressed the elevator button, but ran for the stairs on the other side I opened the door and ran down the next two fights I opened the door to the eighth floor and ran for the elevator button I pressed it and waited It ca couple of plastic-looking people gave hter and jumped in I pressed the ave theot away on me Made a run for it while I was in the shower He’s playing in the stairwell around the second floor"

They both s had coh I had to admit, it was much easier to lie when you had kids There was so much more to lie about at thirty-six than there was at twenty-four

When we landed on the third floor, I jumped out and ran for the same exit I had been in I pulled the door and ran down the last two flights I kept going the last flight to the parkade and dialed 9-1-1 on the phone

"Parking garage, top floor!" I shouted and opened the steel door at the bottom of the stairs, as I pressed the button off on the phone I ran across the parkade in the robe My feet were officially killinginsound of e, as I looked for the car that would be co for me A white car with black s squealed around the corner Relief and excitement filled me instantly, as I saw his face

"Evie!" I looked back at the stairwell door as I ran for the car Servario was huffing at the big door He shook his head, "What are you doing?"

I turned and walked backwards for the car, blocking the view of Coop "You said I was free"

He laughed and shook his head, "Yeah, but I also said you had to leave naked I didn’t think you would" He let go of the door and walked toward me His pants were done up and belted, but his shirt was ruffled He had thrown on his clothes in a panic

I shook my head, "Guess you don’t know me very well"

I continued to take steps backwards I heard the car door open I prayed he wasn’t stupid enough to get out and anger Servario Seeing a young attractive ry Or psychotic I wasn’t sure which it was

"You can’t leave I own you" he smirked and I could see the look in his eyes He knew he didn’t I had won the ga on me but my finances

I shook my head, "You don’t I knohereon me for the heart attack he had Keep thethe bear who liked to do the poking "I didn’t h You’re mine You know that"

I shook my head, "I do know you don’t want to love me, or that’ll end badly for us both" I stopped when I felt the metal of the car stab , "Don’t leave"

I grabbed the door and jumped in and he broke into a sprint He punched the back of the car as Coop sped away He blew through the gate to pay and skidded along the street, cutting off a wall of traffic I screa hed "Evie, what did you do to that mean terrorist?" He joked, "He looks crushed"

I felt sick I had the strangest arover as we drove off