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I wanted to light up but deniedto subject her toand I wouldn’t do it around her any after that session, herabove her cheekbones, her hair swirling wildly over the pillow, coel at last and I would hold onto her with everything I had

Nobut a dream…

She saved me fros I’d never wanted before I would kill if I had to in order to keep her safe It would killever happened to her

Eventually I was able to fall asleep again and it was only because she was right there with me

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I woke up to an eht I expected was for Brynne to be AWOL on ht ca No soft, war froainst and wrap myself around Just sheets and pillows She wasn’t in ot only o dread

Last night too much for her?

I checked the bathroom first I could see she’d used the shower Her cosmetics and brush were out on the vanity but she was definitely absent Not in the kitchenher eym, not anywhere inside the flat

I pulled up the security camera video on a monitor that recorded the front door and hallway Anyone co would be on it My heart pounded so hardI rewound the last hour and there she was, dressed in joggers and trainers heading for the lifts, headphones stuck in her ears

"Fuck!" I screa run? Un-fucking-believable I blinked at what I was seeing and scrubbed a hand over ht now!" I shouted into the direct line to Neil

"What?" He sounded like he was still laid up in bed and I feltanswer, , E," he said "Why would I be tagging her if she’s in the flat with you--"

I hung up on Neil and called Brynne on her mobile It went to voiceed to text her with: WTF RU?

I ran to rabbed car keys, wallet, e I tore out onto the street, tires squealing, and started calculating how far she could have gone in the ti ith scenarios of how easy it would be for a professional hit to take her out at this hour and make it look like an accident