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"This place stinks, like cigarettes and coffee," he res permanently reside under his eyes, his clothes are wrinkled, and he reeks of coffee "I told you that you couldn’t leave until I figure out e’re going to do with you" He pulls out a chair at the table, sits down, and lowers his head into his hands "You do realize how bad you’ve screwed up, right? That this could have gone a lot worse Doc could have gotten to you first and you wouldn’t be sitting here"

I point the remote at the television, click it off, and then sit up on the bed, stretching n when he raises his head again "E to her, and I was sick of sitting by and watching theet is why you think you needed to run with her? We could have gotten you out of there and then followed Doc when he took Emery home"

I lower my feet onto the floor "Because ot her home"

"You don’t know that for sure" His voice is harsh, but he looks worn out "Do you have any idea what you did? You crumbled year’s worth of work all so you could try and save so her into this," I warn "Emery’s not Aura She wouldn’t have told her father who I am"

He heaves an exhausted breath and stares out the"I can’t believe you blew your cover and gave up your chance at a new start in life" He looks at , unsure what he wants one I don’t regret o after Emery like that I wasn’t about to stand by anymore and watch them slowly kill her anyn "It’s been three days and all anyone will ever say is that she’s okay, but she’s been in and out of consciousness"

"She’s okay" He twists in his seat and stretches out his legs across the floor "More than okay, actually, which is part of the reason I came to see you"

"What do you et tovery awake "Can I see her?"

He thru, then retrieves his phone froes When he puts his phone away, he reclines back in the chair "She told us where it is"

I gape at him "She told you where the warehouse is? Just like that?"

"You see to his feet, "yet you’ve been assuring me that she’d cooperate"

"Yeah, but I didn’t think she’d do it that easy Not when she’s terrified of her father"

"Well, she didn’t do it without so protection"

So, just like that, Eht I should have given her ether, she see than the devil himself But she’s had bravery hidden beneath the fear he worked to instill in her

"There wereprotected," Stale adds "One is she wants to see you before she goes"