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The assistant looked puzzled "Mr Drake"

"What? But--but he’s still out of town"

The assistant shot me a concerned look "No, he came back yesterday He’s here"

My eyes rose from his inspection to a set of heavy double doors that led toward the inner sanctulitzy chro open

I juo," I choked But I was nailed to e The man was dressed in an iht in a constricting band Ada him here, I would never, ever have come He bent to speak to a wo her so to Adalanced in my direction

Before I could step back, before I could turn and bolt like a coward, my eyes flew to his companion I knew her too Her platinulaether, they looked like a couple

I was so duhtened and his eyes iht to mine Every muscle in my body turned to jelly and I could hardly breathe The assistant continued digging around in the box, oblivious to my distress He extracted the laptop and laid it on the table in front of him Adam saw it and his features hardened

He looked away then, and, to my increased astonishment (was that even possible?), he slipped an ar in her ear Soainst him

I didn’t stay to watch any more I ran The assistant called after me but I didn’t stop I ran as fast and as far as I could Because now the tears were co at last They blinded me And I could hear his voice in my head It was all I could hear I’ve decided I wanted a woirl

A sad Scared Little Girl And compared to me Lindsay was all woman…successful, mature, sexually experienced, and very h hallways and out into parking lot, gasping for breath And then I ran some more I ran until I couldn’t breathe any ainst the nearest car, doubled over

Five minutes later, someone stood beside me I almost jumped out of my skin until he spoke "Mia, what the--?" Heath said "You shot out of that door like a bat out of hell What the fuck? Are you crying?"