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He grows fidgety "What’s the final request?"

I inhale and exhale Inhale Exhale Breathe Breathe Breathe Because that’s all I can do

"I want to see Ryler before I go to wherever you’re sending oodbye" And I want to say I’, yet I treated him as if he were as wicked asabout leaving hi In the end, I know I have to go to geta normal life

The detective considersto his feet He holds up a finger as he fishes his phone froain and dials a number He wanders toward the door with the receiver pressed to his ear

I begin to groorried about who he’s calling and wish I had a better grasp on reality so I could know, know that all of this is real That soon, I could finally, finally be free Sure, I’ll be soht even have to cutso, so I scoot to the foot of the bed and listen It sounds like he’s repeating ent and not my father I hope I haven’t been tricked I hope this isn’t another part of ent returns to the room with a pleased smile on his face "Emery, you have yourself a deal Ryler is on his way and all your requests will be taken care of as soon as we have the location of the warehouse"

He waits for erous secret I ever will My lips part to utter the nahs in my throat

"Can I have a pen and a piece of paper?" I ask

He nods and collects a pen and notebook frohtstand and hands them to me I press the tip of the pen to the paper andford is the town you’re looking for That’s where the warehouse is

The pen falls from my hands, and finally, for the first ti Choice

Ryler

I’m in deep shit That was made clear theinto aveon, why I texted Stale, saying I was about to tell Ened to a horrified Luke while Greg, the taller, sturdier of Stale’s cop friends urged roup, had Eo anywhere without her

"Sorry for what?" Luke blinked his eyes and scanned the threeroo on, man?"