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He tore away fro my hand, he led iven me a while back from off the floor and threw it over my head I hastily slipped my arms into the sleeves

"Put your boots on," he derabbed them from undermy backpack over his shoulder and I suddenly wondered where all the rest of his clothes were Had he even packed? What was the daaze fell despairingly on rab a few paperbacks? I didn’t knohat I’d grab under such pressure

"Fuck the books," I heard him say "I’ll replace them for you, Leah I pros on ot my backpack just outside the "

I stood up and went to hie look on his face that ht

"I’ back here," he then told ed a nod "Okay"

Eight

We took off down the streets, the rain pouring down all around us, instantly soaking htly the entire way, and it was his grip that helped pushand the cold winter air became hard to breathe in I couldn’t understand the hurry What was the damn rush? Why couldn’t we have planned this better than just abruptly leaving it all behind?

Blocks away from the trailer park, we slowed down in front of a n wasn’t on so I wasn’t sure why Carter had turned in

"Wh-where are we going?" I asked hi teeth "D-do you have a rooh the parking lot He went to every old car and tried opening the to steal a car, wasn’t he? He was officially going to beco to be his duan to panic I turned ns of so us

"Carter, no," I told him with a strain in my voice "Please, no!"

He didn’t listen He found an unlocked sedan and opened it He unlocked the backseat and pusheddiscovered hadaway from him

"Leah, don’t," he ordered

He wrapped an arm around my waist and forced me on the seat He shut the door behind us and we both sat there in the dark, drenched, cold, and panting To say it was miserable was a severe understatement We were beyond that word at thethe car," he then told ed out ofin it? Are you insane?"

"Would you rather sleep out there in the rain?"

"I’d rather be sleeping in o in there as they please?"

I didn’t say anything He had a point there I brought s up to my chest and stared out theThe streets were co sheets of it against anything in its path Including the car This was coo back hoh theand nobody would know about any of this

"Lay down," Carter told et his hether I liked it or not, and it wasn’t as though I could escape hi as hell and I was a weed, and b) I was going to die of hyperthermia if I went out there for another minute