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She put a hand up, "Shhhh, we don’t talk about it It’ll jinx it"

I laughed, "Okay I just wanted you to know, he is the best"

She sh was lovely and sweet I could have sipped froic I could alave ht?"

I nodded, "I was hoping so"

She sighed, "You think Steve is a bad guy?"

I shookabout it, "No I don’t I think he’s a good guy, but we can’t trust him We can’t trust anyone"

"Not even Servario"

My eyes felt dead as I stared straight ahead and answered flatly, "No Especially not him We can use him and let him use us, but we can’t trust him"

Chapter Nine

New Evie

I rolled over in the bed, stretching and blinking to the sound of Luce doing so room It had been a beautiful sleep I was absolutely exhausted The ti screwed all night long, and then of course, served a nice warm cup of broken heart It had all really taken it out of h the small crack in the doorway to the bedroom I shot up from the bed as a trickle of blood dripped from her lips She made a mewl like a sheep and dropped to her knees She shook her head and mouthed, "Run!"

I couldn’t breathe orwas stuck in the cri to see past her There was no movement

"Luce, just tellout in the hotel roo to the floor silently "I didn’t recognize the young nized instantly You haven’t changed a bit, still so beautiful and strong I couldn’t believeinto the carpet, terrified I crawled under the bed and watched as his black leather shoes sauntered in slowly, "I want my money, Luce I know Evie has it I know Servario ave it to Evie If you’re here, so is Evie Who else is with you?" He dropped to a knee over her body, I could barely see them in the crack of the doorway, "Does she know about us? Did you tell her?"

Lucedown ive her this note from me when you see her next"

I held my breath and tears as he cruot up I heard the door close, but I didn’t move I couldn’t I laid there, frozen and scared When I didn’t hear anything, I crawled to the edge of the bed and pulled the phone down to me

I dialed the zero

"Bonjourno?"

"Hi, room 715 I need an ambulance There has been an attack"

"Ma’am, I can barely hear you"

My voice wavered as I tried to speak louder, "Hurry the fk up and send an ambulance Someone has been hurt badly An intruder is in the roo up the phone and crawled to the door I peeked through, but there was noher hands, "Luce, can you hear"Kill hi her shirt to see the stab wound in her lungs She would drown if they didn’t hurry Suddenly, there was a knock at the door asItalian very fast, shouting at me I pointed, "My friend, please help her Some man came in here and hurt her" I cruers They pushed me out of the way I ran and pulled on jeans and a t-shirt The police grabbed my arm as I tried to walk out of the room, "What happened?"

I shook o to the hospital I was sleeping, I woke and she was like this I heard a ave me a look of disbelief, "You heard him and you stayed in the room?"

I nodded, "I hid under the bed"

He scowled, "While your friend was being hurt?"