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After the school, ent shopping Becca seeh it all And suffer I did

Chadas a slave driver, constantly handing things over the door It was as ht it would be, but I left with several dresses froner, dressy slacks, and neeaters I was fairly certain I had offended Chadithon the counter I had originally declined

"Trust one into fashion" He lared at reat on you,to pick everything out?" I looked at hieous sweater, so you’re not couru and you’re lad ere getting along so well It was a bit like having Jess with me She had texted me to lethad been streamed on live TV in the States I had been horrified, but she seemed to have loved it Said it felt like she had been there My father had another cheuilty for shopping while he went through that torture Patricia had texted me to let me knoas fine and that they had watched me on the news

I needed to call Dad soon and ht I wanted to hear his voice I had been busy from the moment I set foot here, but I was still hteen

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--Lisa Talks

Once the sky began to darken, Chadwick started to hurry et new nightgowns or what? There’s a billion to choose fro and prayed you would get rid of those hideous nightshirts, but we’re running out of time, ma’am" He tapped his watch "Prince Alex and Princess Catherine will be waiting for you, so just pick sorabbed several different colors of the one I was looking at and headed toward the clerk "And stop calling me ma’am You’re older than I am Just call me Sam"

"Sam?" He wrinkled his nose at me "I don’t know"

"Why not?"

"It’s just that Sam doesn’t really seem like the name of a duchess" He looked atwith Sa is better than hly inappropriate if I called you that in public"

I ground my teeth "Okay"

"It’s not so bad" He patted h the door, but it htie What if it ended up on the news? The caer we shopped, but as soon as I left the store I ran into a crowd of people hollering my name Chadwick put an arm around ht ere in the clear as we pulled away from the curb, but cars surrounded us al?" I leaned forward to look out the"This is dangerous!" I squeaked when a car swerved close to us around a corner Our driver sla the curb

"Sit back, Samantha" Chadwick ht blue van sla my teeth snap shut Blood pooled in ue I covered my lips with my hand and looked around wildly Camera flashes blinded me as I tried to see just what had happened A motorcycle stopped in front of our car and the person on the back snapped pictures through the front windshield

"Are you okay?" Becca turned around in her seat

"Yeah" I noddedinlared out theat the people still busy taking photographs

"Can you get us out of here?" Chadwick asked

"As soon as I have an opening" The driver never took his hands off the steering wheel

"Should we call the police?" I looked froet out of here fast" Becca shook her head

My door handle made a loud noise as someone tried to open the door I turned to check that it was locked and alhed in relief when I realized it was closed for sure The driver took his foot off the brake and edged forward I watched as he pushed the bike with the front fender and almost cheered when the motorcycle driver pulled away fro, but I still felt sick I couldn’t wrap et a picture of me

"It’ll calm down, Samantha They just don’t knohat to ? They could have hurt us! They did hurt us! I bit the shit out of ue" I waved my hand in the air "All that for a picture ofand theypeople" Chadwick pursed his lips