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Deep Wood Margot Scott 11210K 2023-08-28

“Not gonna happen” He picks up speed, taking a turn I didn’t tell him to take "My cabin isn't far fro, or charge your phone and call an Uber to take you the rest of the way"

I hug ood Sa to kidnap me "Please just let me out I can walk Really"

He doesn’t respond

"Where are you taking me?”

“I told you, to my cabin”

I reach for the door handle

"You’ll break your fucking neck if you do that,” he says, and he’s right We’re going too fast for

I closeto trap me in his murder basement and flay me alive A tiny voice inside me whispers, maybe you deserve it

After everything I’ve allowed to happen?

Yeah Maybe I do deserve what’s co

Finally, the truck slows I stare out the windshield, having lost hts flash across a garage door with a dent that looks oddly fa porch

I sit stock still as the ine and climbs out of the truck

This stranger has broughtcabin

Only, it’s not my dad’s cabin anymore

He opens the passenger-side door “You getting out, or would you rather sleep in here?”