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When she didn’t hed heavily as he sat up and reached for her, but she wasn’t having that She e that she wasn’t happy

"We don’t havehis hand drop in his lap

"You shouldn’t be doing this, Chris You’re hurt," she said, her voice cracking with eo He should be getting checked out by a doctor, not running around doing god only knohat

He reached for her and this ti his lap "Shhh, Munchkin It’s fine I’o for a little run in the park I’ll be fine," he said, giving her a lopsided smile as he kissed the tip of her nose

"Isn’t there another way?" she e pink scar on his neck

"Are you worried about me, Munchkin?" he asked softly

"No," she lied, but she was She was absolutely terrified that he’d do soain Of course he didn’t want to see her again after this and the re him away, but she couldn’t She was too terrified to be mad at the moment

"It will be fine, Munchkin, but I really need your help, because if I don’t do this a lot of people could get hurt,"

he explained "I need to be able to draw attention away froet you safely inside, Munchkin"

"And fro me away,"

she whispered softly

He pushed back her hair and gently cupped her chin and pressed a tender kiss against her lips "It’s the only way I can keep you safe, Munchkin," he said against her lips

"I don’t want to go," she said, wrapping her arainst the curve of his neck She didn’t want hio either, but she wasn’t so selfish that she would willingly risk someone else’s life

People, de for her, because of so she’d done and she couldn’t risk anyone’s life She couldn’t

"I’ainst his neck

"I’ently pulling her off his lap

She watched nervously as he searched through several small metal cabinets that lined the left side of the van

After a moment he handed her a pair of black sweat pants, tube socks, and his shirt She didn’t waste any ti around and brsts, but too big everywhere else

She had to roll the legs of her pants up several times and the socks were thick and made it difficult to pull her daed

As she sat there getting dressed, she did her best not to look at the small black button just above the backdoors

It hadn’t taken her long to figure out that that button was an override switch to unlock the backdoors The next ti to oing to be able to sit back and let hiain then he was in for a rude awakening He said he was going to run to draw the attention away froht not believe her, but she was pretty fast Granted, she didn’t really know Boston that well, or rather at all, but she as long as she kept to the busy streets she should be okay, ?" she deht wrist and attached it thesure you’re safe," Chris said brightly

"Let er

He let out a long suffering sigh "I would I really would, Munchkin, but I’ stupid and I just can’t allow that"