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Take care of her? He meant another ave it a yank It pulled tight against the heavy cabinet and held firm He didn’t trust Allen anymore, and his pulse quickened until his face throbbed "Don’t do this, Allen"

"They trust me," Allen said, suddenly in a hurry as he looked at his phone "Tellhappens"

"Don’t do this," Silas warned, and Allen ju, stopped by the cuffs "Allen"

"I’rirew louder Lips pressed, he tucked Peri’s diary back behind his coat "I’ll et a chance to read this I think she’s beyond recall All we can do is bring Opti down"

"Allen!" Silas exclaimed, furious as Allen hobbled to the door

"Where’s my car!" Allen shoved the door open and hobbled down the stairs

The door shut, and, fu Peri knew it, or at least her subconscious did, otherould she break his fingers and fracture his knee? He had to get out of here Warn her It was never et her out before everything she’d been was gone

But he couldn’t even get out of his chair, and with a groan of frustration, he fell back, sty Allen had always been a tricky bastard, even when the two had been the best of friends Nice to know soed

CHAPTER

SEVENTEEN

Peri walked quickly across a student dor lot, unco to look as if she knehere she was going She knehat she was looking for, just not where it was An early-model beater wouldn’t have a security system or coht not beto rew dusky Claered the long-handled screwdriver in her pocket that she’d lifted froreen two-door with the torn cloth top was a good bet If she was lucky, it would be unlocked

She was

S, Peri yanked the handle up and slid in as if she owned the ugly thing It clearly belonged to a guy; there were shark’s teeth hanging froirl floor ht, nose wrinkling as she slipped her boot off and ha colu buses for al a fair amount of distance between her and the ingly of the coat she’d left behind, not to uessed she’d be looking to hot-wire a car, she’d have bought a knife instead of socks At least she had clean underwear on and a few bucks in her wallet<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>