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He didn't though He kept co His face was filled orry forhis damsel

I begged him to stop not to brave the darkness and whatever evil was lurking just beyond the edges of the shadows

But he never listened to me

He kept co after me

And then I woke up

Okay, so it doesn't take a psychologist to figure out that drea revelation toto kill hi in my power to make sure he stays safe, despite the fact that Cal is still clearly bent on pushing forward

But when I woke up and thought about the dream, frustrated that I didn't see the conclusion, I focused in on s just before it ended I zeroed in on the prie I analyzed exactly whatready to do before consciousness claimed me

And I realized I was getting ready to run to hiardless of what ht be in the shadows I didn't care because my life and existence were secondary to Cal's

I was getting ready to take on the risk to preserve the reward

So, Dear Diary I made a monumental decision today

I' to take back my life

Today, I' reborn

Love,

Macy

Chapter 23

It's been another three days since I last saw Macy

Three long and unbearably brutal days

I know she asked for tiive that to her, but really what does time really mean? A day? A week? A month?

I' three days The selfish, alpha, hurry-things-along kind of guy that I ahts and realize we'reI think she does too, but she's afraid of it

Mac has urged me to be patient She says Macy has been very elusive the last few days, staying in Gabe's room mostly This worried me made me want to rush over there and bust the door down to soothe ahatever has her down at the iven Macy's life, could be any nus

But Mac encouraged me to wait because while Macy has been a bit standoffish, it's not in a dark or depressive manner In fact, Mac said Macy caht and actually looked happy satisfied

This, of course, ht was Macy went back to One Night Only and that accounted for her satisfied look That only lasted a h, because that's just not Macy

At least, not the Macy I've grown to love

I'm confident Macy is still mine, at least for the moment, while she continues to "think" about our relationship

I, on the other hand, havewith Dee Switzer and expecting her at my office any moment I offered to come over to hers, but she said she would like to coet out of the office often I told her to arettes on the way over, because she absolutely was not allowed to smoke in my office

She gave h, one that I expected to erupt into a hacking cough, and then hung up on me

I open the folder and flip through the contents, paying specific attention to the portions I highlighted just an hour ago There's notwith So very pathetic that I' my woman back to this measly folder of paper on my desk

A knock on my door and Janis opens it "Miss Switzer is here for your appointment"

Dee brushes past Janis, who discreetly closes the door behind us, and arette smoke reachesis to give uest chairs and fixes me with a direct stare

"So, I take it you got dirt?" she asks without any preamble

"Yeah, but before we go over it, I want toto squash the forfeiture order I give you soets her apartment and her money back"

"Relax, Tiger," she says with a raspy voice as she leans over and pulls a pack of cigarettes out of her purse "We're good"

"You can't s