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My blood begins to boil “I’ll fucking pee my pants before I let you touch me”

Heface “Fine,” he spits, and he fishes soave hiot from my father

Just seeing the da makes my pulse race

“Turn around,” he says, and when I do, he grabs my arms and unlocks the shackles

I rub h of relief But that relief quickly evaporates when I hear the le

“These babies are going right back on once you’re done Understand?” He holds them out for me to see like they’re toys

Like he enjoys seeing me in this position

Of course he does

“Fine,” I sneer “Can I pee now?”

He shrugs “Hurry up” He leaves the stall again but stays put right outside the door

Dammit

How do I get rid of him?

I sigh and lower my pants to make it sound real, and I sit down on the toilet and look up toa peek from above the door

There is only one other thing I know of that ht make him run

He may love the blood when he drains it from someone’s veins … but there is one kind I’m positive he doesn’t understand

“Uh-oh …” I mutter

“What?” he snaps

“I just got my period,” I say

“So?”

“I don’t have any sanitary napkins with et some?”

He doesn’t respond but sighs after a while “Where do I find them?”

“Ask your mom She’ll have one on her for sure,” I say

He gru me jolt up and down on my seat “Fine But stay here Or there will be hell to pay Got it?”

“Like I could go anywhere with bloodied pants,” I retort

He gruain and then walks away When I hear the door close, sweat drops roll down my back

Of course it was all a lie I’m not on my period But he doesn’t need to know that

I quickly get off the toilet, pull up my pants, flush, and run out

I watch Luca walk toward his parents, who are about fifty feet away He raises his hand and yells their names When they look this way, our eyes briefly connect

Anne’s eyes widen as her lips part

But the first thing I do is run

As fast as I can

As hard as I can

As far as s will take me

Through the crowd, I push people aside, heading toward the door on the other side of the building