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“Fuck,” I muttered as I pushed the door open and dropped down next to hihwhich gave me hope

“Ethan,” I said softly as I shook hin, but he was once again out cold I re in trouble if I couldn’t wake him up I shook him harder than I probably should have “Ethan, wake up,” I ordered as the fear began to filter through my veins

Ethan let out a littlehis eyes “What…” he said in confusion

“What happened?” I said as I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and helped him sit up

He seeet Lucy out of here before he comes back”

I wondered if the he he was referring to was me or the fucker who’d hurt him

“Who?” I asked

“Promised I’d keep her safe,” Ethan murmured tiredly “He doesn’t know she knows”

“Knohat?” I asked even as I put s

Ethan just shook his head and then his eyes drifted shut I lifted hiet hie of the mattress and shook him until his eyes opened

“Ethan, I need you to answer so okay”

He nodded slightly and I was relieved to see that he was able to focus on me He appeared to be h so him what my name here ere and who the president was and he answered them all without hesitation But the second I asked hiet out of bed, he cla to get himself and Lucy away from me

Once Ethan was asleep again, I went to check on Lucy, as still in the exact sa to the kitchen to try and find soerator fro sandwiches in it along with a bottle of soda as well as a bottle of water I searched the contents of the freezer and then the pantry and finally settled on so simple and that had been a staple in my house when I’d been a kid, both because it was easy and cheap It wasn’t often that I cooked these days, so it felt aard at first, but I soon foundback into the routine

As I worked, hts away I’d stopped living in the past a long tio

The creaking of a floorboard autoun My eyes un