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Maybe Javi is already working to get us out Or h to let us stew for a little while I wouldn’t be surprised

I sigh "I could leave a e for Antonella at the apartht" I’ht for sure

"What about Henry?" Matt asks "He’d cobecause if we have to wait for Antonella to coet us processed until daytiht If it were just h hassle for the night For the whole year actually

Officer Tribble returns about twentyit’s ti my father, but instead she turns her back to o Mr Abra to cover the dao, too"

Silas scowls "And what if I want to press charges? I told you guys that I didn’t start it"

Officer Tribble fixes him with a no-nonsense look "Both witnesses and Mr Abrams say you threw the first punch"

"Well, yeah, but--"

"And you can choose to press charges, but then Mr Abra the same to you"

"This is ridiculous," he says, but he looks relieved when she opens the cell and ushers him out

Matt pouts as he watches his eye candy reht be a sih and lean into the bars, and the events of the day s ain I don’t knoorries me more--the consequences or the cause As Silas exits, he co at the cell door, and I get my first up-close look at him

I don’t feel like all the breath is knocked out of y hair, and his eyes dip down, starting at ers on my hps and waist and brsts for what feels like eternity, but in reality must be only the few seconds it takes for Officer Tribble to lock the cell door

He still looks dangerous, but not nearly as dangerous as the effect his gaze has on ain His expression is inscrutable, but he leans a little closer and says, "Don’t call your dad I’ll figure soone, and I’ined his words, if it’s just another syuy like that going out of his way to help us? Definitely crazy

Chapter 4

Silas

The cop returns s to me--my cell phone and my wallet and irl I’d help her She was just standing there with that oversized shirt hanging off one shoulder and these short fking shorts, and she looked so coed on so--somewhere I’ve never been and probably never will be Maybe it was all that bare skin Or , wavy hair that was too easy to picture ski over my chest as she rode me