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It was also because of the device that the twoto be custo to the store owner in code Given the fact that I killed all of the men that came with Izel the first time, I presu only two the second tiather information and to follow us until Javier devised a better plan

When I took Sarai over the border it was ine that he had sent more men to follow, possibly even to ambush us at some point, but that never happened and I have to believe it was due to us already being in the United States It was even difficult for Javier to get through border patrol and he has powerful sway even with some corrupt Aet your new orders frout"

Niklas steps up to me

He strips away the unemotional liaison part of him and appears more like my brother now

"I am sorry for what our father did," I say to hi to protect you because you are my brother," he says "Just as you did for , nod and part ways

"He hates me, as I’ve said before," Sarai speaks up fro out the largefro to the waves crash against the rocks

"Yes," I say "He is"

She steps up to me and places her hand on my wrist

"You couldn’t have known," she says "That it wasn’t him But that doesn’t matter now I think you cleared the air with your brother in more ways than one"

"Perhaps," I say and walk away "But I can’t concern ht now" She follows me back into my room "We should discuss you"

I enter the bathrooainst her hip

"Get over here," I say

She does without question

I put my hands on her waist and turn her around to face the e of the counter, letting the bloody towel fall to the floor Tucking ers behind the elastic of her panties, I slip the them rest halfway at the center of her bottoo?" I ask as I open the closet to ht "I will set you up wherever you’d like, but we need to do this soon I expect to have my new orders before the end of the day to you where you need to go and when I must leave"

I come back over with my medical kit and set it on the counter

Sarai doesn’t answer at first, perhaps she’s deciding on a place, but ut tells me that’s not the case at all

I can see her reflection in the mirror, but she doesn’t raise her head to look back at me

"But I want to stay with you," she says cautiously "I’ve already told you, I have nowhere to go, no identity--"

"And I have told you," I remind her, "that all of that can be remedied You pick the place and I will take care of the rest For now, you have the driver’s license I gave you"

I clean the knife wound with peroxide and cover the area all around it with iodine She barely winces fro er want," she says

I push the needle in and start to stitch her up Not even this pain, although faintly obvious on her face, can deter her fros she wants to say I had hoped that it would, but her deterht now

"I used to dream about it," she says, her eyes raised to the h I could hardly remember what Arizona even looked like, I used to picture od-awful trailer with a boyfriend and friends next door Real inspiring dream, I know," she mocks herself "But that place, after a while, was all I could reo back there and continue with the life that was stripped from me But after the third year or so with Javier, I stopped drea that I could find a way to escape Slowly over time I learned to accept my life the way it was I hated it at first, of course I hated Javier I hated that even though he never raped me, at least not like you expect rape to happen; he knew at first I was unwilling, that I only gave in to him because I was afraid and yet he still had sex with ave limpse her throat move in the mirror as she sn the painfulto recollect her thoughts

"At so him I-I know that sounds crazy, and-and-and I never loved him," she stutters over her words and I sense she’s conflicted about the things she saying "But I stopped hating him…"

She catches my eyes in the mirror