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On the one hand, I was glad to have most of my memories back In my opinion, it was always better to know than to be in the dark But on the other hand, knowing made shit all the more complicated

On the plus side, he had no idea that I reme dumb about what had happened Maybe that would be my ticket off this damn beautiful prison

You know, if I could keep in hands off of him

Another whi sound escaped me as I pushed off the door and made my way toward the bathroo it up to dry in the shower

I mean, really, what the fuck?

Sure, I’d made some—fine, quite a few—bad decisions where men were involved But I’d never beenmy kidnapper That was a whole new level of fucked-in-the-head

I don’t knohat I was thinking

I was still riding high off my enjoyment of that slide, of the free-fall for a second that made my stomach drop before I ed up by the ocean that armer than I’d expected

Then I’d gotten to the ladder and looked up and saw a man who didn’t look so much like the rich playboy without his fancy suit and expensive shoes on

No

If anything, he had theOr so out their body And it was carved out

The ht-pack

I yht-pack?

Even h, were the scars

The man had a lot of scars

What ultra- scars like that?

Had he gotten drunk and fallen off his yacht?

I mean, how did that happen?

“Ugh,” I gruany sort of curiosity when it came to Bellamy

The only thing I needed to be curious about where he was concerned hat he planned to do about knowing that I’d killed Brandon Adams

I iined if he planned to turn me over to the cops, he’d have done that already

So, what?

It made no sense