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"Would you excusefroht" I grabbed my coat from the closet and called Ryan’s cell

"Honey, co outside"

Chapter 26 - Tests

"Call hed "Just so I know you made it home safely"

I could see the sadness clearly in his expression It matched my own We both kneould be alain, and the lastby He turned his Shelby onto the main road that led into the airport

"I will" I sniffed, trying not to cry I didn’t want to leave but I had to get back to runningto spend some well-earned time aith his friends, Matt and Scott, and his brother before leaving for Scotland The fourHe and his brother also had so-up to do

"You know you really didn’t need to do this… Marie or Pete could have pickedover athome alone either"

I stared outthat he worried too much Our stalker was incarcerated andwrapped The reasons to be frightened and paranoid were gone

"I’ll be all right You should stop worrying," I whispered

He shook his head at me; his lips frowned at my words

All too soon ere parked in front of the doors for departing flights

I leaned across the center console and kissed him I had to turn my Mitchell’s Pub baseball hat on his head so the visor would be out ofhim already

"I love you too I’ll see you in LA on the sixteenth" He tookto feel like forever," he whispered, resting his forehead oninto the airport… alone No security, no police escort, no one takingmy name or his No one really even looked atand security completely unnoticed The airport was busy with holiday travelers, but none of those travelers even looked twice at ate, not hidden away in soe There was no reason to hide It dawned onin my chest like it e first started this trip Fear was pleasantly absent froently s if the seat next to htly to myself; I didn’t even make a blip on her radar

The only difference between this flight ho first class instead of sitting in the econo first class definitely had its perks but the actual flights were so short that it didn’t really et home I said a little prayer of thanks when my plane finally landed in Providence I was not a fan of flying either

I pulled the handle out on my little suitcase, adjusted ers towards the exit I looked around at the people waiting for fa I would have been able to co forht the impulse to call Marie so many times to ask her to pickfor this ride home personally out of his pocket Besides, he insisted on a security escort

Which one of these strangers is my driver?

I noticed his face first before I read the little sign that he held in front of his body which had "Mitchell" written on it I squeezed my eyes shut for a moment; fate certainly had a wicked sense of humor

He s because I have to be nice to you" s a cri my name on a card I stopped in front of hiuts to say hello

"Welcoe for you, Ms Mitchell?"

He carried ain, was another surprise I had expected the typical black sedan or an SUV;