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"It’s not your job to protect e

"I’ve ruff proot soaze If he was looking forit for so else…I was in a whole different type of trouble

"I don’t need your money, Ava" He stood up and looked at me "I have a hundred thousand quid in that safe and this place is only one of my safe ho me?"

"Because you need it" His eyes ran over , anything, but I didn’t knohat Instead I stood up and folded the blanket and placed it back on the couch and smoothed it out I turned back to Owen and met his stare

"Thank you"

"No need to thank me" He stepped back and bent over to pick up his laptop

I watched as hetable and opened the coain Without another word I went to the kitchen and opened the fridge He’d bought eggs andother than soup

We spent the day quietly, each of us lost in our thoughts He was busy on the internet, shaking his head andunder his breath It wasn’t until I heard himabout dead bodies?" I tried to not shiver

"Soapore Normally that wouldn’t land" His eyes narrowed "They’d been raped and drugged Most of the" I let out a sharp breath

He nodded his head "And to us"

I had nothing to say for that and we lapsed back into silence At one point he hopped up fro around and walking back to his seat He found a phone book and looked at the pages as if he were reading a map

For my part, television wasn’t an option My face was on every channel and the panic it inspired wasn’t helping anything I sat on the couch and read ood

"I thought you ry"

I looked up from my book to see Owen and a plate of sliced fruit and cheese The pen he had been using earlier was tucked behind his ear

"Thanks" I set the book on the table and made room for hiured it was my turn" He bit into a slice of apple