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As soon as she cleared out, Tauestroom

There were quite a few et on a plane and fly down to Florida to see just what the hell was going on down there, but I couldn’t My ribs were still bruised, my arm was in a cast, and I didn’t have e black and blue , die to my skin

My body and face had been covered quite extensively in road rash Many spots were scraped and bruised… even

And then there was the acute agoraphobia to deal with Angelica was still on the loose, paparazzi still lurked around the corners, and I looked like shit fro inside h all of this, there was still one story that hurt est lie of thelobe that said I tried to trap Ryan Christensen by getting pregnant

My supposed failed atte hi back to Lauren’s arms It was so far fro about it on television I was a gold-digging, set soht I had it bad when Tho the moon fall out of the sky and land conveniently onthe bar full time while I recuperated; I spent the majority of each day on the couch in a haze

"Taryn?" Marie called out as she cah my door She and Tammy both had their own keys to my apart he wants to give you" Her expression orried

I thought I had seen the last of Kyle when I told hioodbye, but he still continued to drift in and out of ain; part of me feared him

Tammy led the way down the steps toat a booth by hi was on the seat next to his hip My two best friends stood behind the bar, watching his every move

"Hi," he said curtly "Look, I know you probably don’t want to see s for you - it would make me feel a lot better if I knew you were safe"

I nervously sat down and rested ot you sos you can keep in your purse or wherever, just in case"

The first thing Kyle took out of the bag was an ordinary can of wasp spray

"This is better than mace and it sprays farther too Spray this in an attacker’s face and they’re instantly incapacitated I only got you one can but you should probably buy a few ain Kyle barely ht alarm with mace; it disorients and blinds an attacker," he muttered "This is called a ‘Screecher’ – it’s really loud You can put it on your keychain or keep it in your car"

I was looking at one of the packages, wondering why I would ever need to use any of these things I never needed the their distance

"Just remember that you can’t take any of this stuff on an airplane if you are going to fly anywhere I was going to get you a taser too, but they are illegal in Rhode Island Do you know any self-defense?" he rambled

"Not really," I admitted

Kyle didn’t s some classes when you’re healed I could show you so and sighed heavily

"Have you seen Angelica in the area?" he asked, quietly changing the subject

"No" I shook my head "I haven’t been out of the house o to the doctor Jamaal escorted uard and a good man"

Kyle looked nervous and depressed when he talked to elica down but she hasn’t surfaced anywhere yet I have a few people watching to see if she pops up on the h"

Kyle grabbed his keys from his pocket and started to slide out of the booth "Okay, well… that’s all Take care of yourself"