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"Stop thinking Go to sleep"

"What makes you think I’m--"

"Your only coain I giggle just a little It sounds foreign to me, but not unwelco, not thinking, and curl into him Peter rubs my head until I drift off

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When I openthe sheet with me Peter is next to me He blinks hiain What tilance around for a clock "It’s after nine!" I’ve s over the side of the bed and get up, but Peter takes my hand

"Stay with me"

Nerves lace up ht I think about it, butIt’s not fair, though And last night meant so much to me He took care of me, he protected me If Peter hadn’t shown up, I’d be in Tennessee by now

I smile at him Peter smiles back

"Okay" I lay back down, but I feel nervous I’ne, of him I try not to think about it I try to stop the jitters that are working their way upmyself "So, what do you want to do?"

Peter lifts a brow "First, I want to tell you that I’lad you aren’t hurt and that I think you should call the cops But since I know you don’t want to, I think we should have soe to choke out, "What?"

Peter looks at hs "No! Not like that I " He’s still s for me, Peter tucks a curl behindas we’re being literal" I slance up at him my eyes fall on the scar by his waist

Peter’s sot about that" He rolls onto his back and covers his face with his hands and rubs "You want to knohat happened, right?"

"A little bit…"

He pushes onto his side and pulls up the sheet so I can’t see the s about you"

The way he says it"Go ahead and ask"

"Last night you said so--that your ex cut you I didn’t realize that" Peter looks intomy cheek as he speaks "If you don’t want to talk about it--"

"There’s not much to say He isted He’d tie ave hiht it was fun at first I didn’t knohat he was going to do and it made my heart race faster He used to kiss me, after he tied s He slid his knife down my hip and said that he’d cut me if I screamed" My eyes dart to the side I can’t look at Peter while I say it "He took things further one day His hand went down my pants while he hand the knife to my neck It scared me I le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>