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“You were co for me?” he asked

“You’re still surprised about that?” She turned toward him

“Why wouldn’t I be?” he asked “You had a chance to escape To be away from here”

“Yeah, still the pesky problem of no passport, money, or any identification No job either I’m limited in what I can do I didn’t sellto start now”

He sat on the edge of the bed and she in”

“Now you have it I’m yours Did Sarah ever come here?” She felt him tense up “I have my answer”

“Your parents are looking for you, Tulip They want to find you”

“Ah, so the first daughter is dead, now they have a replacement” She stepped away from him “Kind of like you”

“I don’t have a replacement”

“Yeah, you do” She blew out a breath “Wow, I can’t even believe I’ this way You knohat, I don’t even want to think about this right now I … they can look all they want They’re not going to find me They messed up and they can pay that price”

“You’re angry at them?” he asked

“Of course, I’avefor it They decided to keep one of us, their most precious one You knohat? I don’t want to think about it”

“You’re hurt”

“When I think about them, Landon, I want them dead” She turned to look at hiht now that you’re covered in blood and you killed the guard downstairs” She shrugged “I’m not precious or sweet, or innocent I kno the world works I’ve lived in it and I know you have to do a bunch of bad shit to survive They leftThe only thing I want is for them to die”

She ain She didn’t kno long they’d been at the Denton Fauards patrolling Their guns clear even from the