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"You better go!" I hissed as loudly as possible

Knox lurched into gear and started to race off, only to stumble to a stop a few seconds later and whirl back as he looked up at azes met, I shook ? I waved hiht any second

But he only sentthe words, "Thank you"

Then he was gone again, dashing toward the woods

Blood sprinted through rab a pillow off my bed, scream into it as loudly as possible, and jump in an overexcited circle around my room

If my first encounter with Knox Parker hadn’t left est crush ever, then this second one certainly had

Fresh blood was surprisingly easy to clean from leather seats Just a quick wipe doarood as new Thank God I hadn’t waited around for it to dry, though That could’ve been a bitch

Spending most of the twenty bucks and eleven cents I had on me, I stopped in at the first car wash I saw, and cleaned and vacuumed the Lexus inside and out Then I drove it back to St John’s, where I sat in the driver’s seat withhoas going to get the keys back to their owner, and then wondering what the hell I was supposed to do after that

Someone at the hospital had assured nant wo her husband to look forward to anymore

I had no idea where o, or what to do I was broke, homeless, unemployed and didn’t have a friend left in the world, it seemed

The panic of that reality started to swaet this car back to its owner, except I couldn’t ask about her at the desk I’d never gotten her nairl in the maternity ward

Or maybe there were dozens