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The master bedroom

Like the floors below, the roohtstands and the lamps

That wasn’t what had h

No

That was the fact that the red gown she’d been wearing to the fundraiser just a few hours before was on the floor at the foot of her bed The heels she’d been wearing were kicked off in two directions

So she hadn’t just possible gone out after the gala

She’d coed

But was gone

Suspicion growing, I turned toward the open door of her walk-in closet, and found half the insides a mess Clothes were strewn everywhere Drawers in her dresser were ruh and left open

Not like someone had broken in

No

Like she’d ripped things out of them in a hurry

Like she’d been trying to grab as much as she could as quickly as possible

Like she was in a rush to get out of there

Like, maybe, she was on the run

Because she’d discovered what I had

Brandon Adams was still alive

And he was looking for her

And now she was God-knehere with no one to have her back

“Shit,” I growled, grabbing one of her shoes off the rack and hauling it at the wall

I stood there for a longto forhts

But all I could co to find her

And then I was going to protect her

Whether she liked it or not

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Shawn

My insides felt like they were shaking

Which, I guess, was better thanit

Even if it felt the exact same way

My suitcase was sitting on the passenger seat, filled with as iven et the hell out of Dodge

I had no reason to believe Adahway and onto the parkway, teasing the speed li pulled over was only going to delay my escape