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“No Destruction isn’t his style This was Novak, though He wants ether to do this, not while you were here alone”

He swore again

“You have anything in there you absolutely need?”

I bit hed and ran his hands over his head “If this was a typical turn and burn, I doubt anything really made it You can check, but I wouldn’t holda lot of that tonight

“The good thing about going without et attached to Let e and I’ll call Carmen to see if I can crash with her and the boys for a few days”

He gave his head a violent shake “Too close You need to get farther away”

I snorted “Where do you suggest? This is the Point, not grammar school I don’t have a hoard of besties in ency The only other person I can rely on in the world is ot, so Carmen’s will have to do” Not that I was thrilled with the prospect of bringing any kind of danger to her door

He sighed and his hands opened and closed into fists

“I have a place I can take you for a few days”

I barked out a laugh and tucked soh of strippers and prostitutes for one night Carlared down atdrunkenly off its hinges Turn and burn indeed Nothing escaped unscathed My clothes, pots and pans, the stuff in the fridge, anything that wasn’t tied doas on the floor The couch was upside down, the curtains were ripped off the broken , and sure enough, every single book and piece of paper that was in theI used for school was tossed and thrown all across the floor It looked like soh a wood chipper Disaster didn’t even begin to cover it All I could do was stand there and try and take it in withyou can pull out of this ry When I nulowing in his eyes I don’t kno I, for one second, ever thought those pitch-black orbs were e in them was tied to the very core of his corrupted soul

I picked my way across the floor as delicately as I could to peek inside the tiny bedroom It wasn’t like I had very much stuff or any kind of quality wardrobe, but what I did have was shredded and tossed around the room like fabric confetti Whoever had done this had taken their time and enjoyed every second of it I shook rabbed le and didn’t argue when he dragged me past Carmen’s apartment and back down the stairs There was no way I could put her and the kids at risk This was my problemwell, Race’s problem, but since he was now literally all I had left in the world, it was ure out If Bax wanted to dump me with one of his lady friends for a few days, I would just have to deal with it My next shift at the restaurant was in a couple days and I would just ask Brysen if I could hang out at her place for a while I was pretty sure she would be okay with it That only solved one i to do aboutdoll as Bax ushered me back into his black-and-yellow monster and strapped the seat belt on around me All I could do was stare blankly at hiine sounded as angry as he looked as he peeled out of the parking lot and headed farther into the Point It ell past ood ever happened here when the sun went down I should de, what his plan was, but I just couldn’t y to care I closed my eyes and tried to reed my life, so little inconveniences like a totally trashed apartly hot make-out session with a crih in return