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It tookapp I’d installed on her cell phone earlier in our evening She was in the shower, singing Sweet Hoht it, the need to be sure, from this moment forward, I would knohere she was If she was safe How to find her

I didn’t expect to have to use the service so quickly, but it only instilled in me even further the validity ofisn’t a bad hen it comes to what I need to do for Willow

The elevator

door slides open and I see her, hair dripping with rainwater, the death stare she perfected between the ages of twelve and thirteen It takes a huge force of will not to chuckle at the sight

“You have a tracker on my phone, don’t you?” She cocks one eyebrow and bloard, atte of hair from the front of her left eye

She holds her iPhone out in front of her like a shield and blinks as water drops catch on her eyelashes

Her T-shirt clings to her body, showing the taut peak of each nipple through the thin cotton bra I see the indent of her belly button as her skirt hangs a few inches lower than usual with the weight of water, stretched out froainst the s of the apartment

The wind is whistling, sneaking in through any tiny crack it can find as she steps onto the cream color carpet

“Yes I told you I’ain” I reach out to clench her elbow, bringing her into ht I feel the pulse of her heart beat against my body

“I had to go to deliver the whatevers for godammed Lucielle” Her irl comes out as she sto

“I have to fly back to LA in a few hours So’s come up”

“What?” Her head tips back and her greenish-grey eyes darken That little girl clings to ? I don’t want you to go”

“Nothing I can’t handle, princess Don’t worry Daddy will be back in a couple days”

“Days?” She pouts It seeain at the club, but it’s only been a couple days

Time doesn’t exist in a linear fashion when it co ere apart, yet we’ve packed soaway fros like it will be an eternity