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Caroline knelt up on the bed and pointed at hi serious You can’t handcuff me to the bed What are you? A barbarian? Take these off this minute or I’ll call the police” She eyed the phone on her bedside table

“Where do you think I got the handcuffs? I explained to Officer Donaldson that you wouldn’t listen to me and I couldn’t trust you to stay where you were put I made it clear that this was a safety issue He was happy to help He wants you safe too”

Caroline felt the top blow off her head “Stay where I’h-pitched level that only dogs could hear “When I get out of here, Josh McInnes, you are going to be so sorry I’ll give you one last chance to do the right thing, otherwise you are really going to regret this”

Josh shrugged like her threat s I’ll come back when you’re more reasonable”

With that he thumped back down the stairs Caroline stared after him mutely She couldn’t believe he’d left her She couldn’t believe he hadn’t done what he was told Furious, she reached for the phone beside her bed There was no dial tone She screeched in frustration before sla the phone back down

“Now, if you’d kept your cell phone with you like I told you to, you could call soht now,” Josh called from downstairs

Caroline wanted to hit him so badly it actually caused her physical pain He was so dead when she got loose She’d never been one to hit people, preferring ht out her violent side She planned his punishment while she fumed

“And another thing” Josh’s voice interrupted her planning “I found your stolen sex books We’re going to have a nice long chat about that later”

Caroline screah the open door

“She is going to kill you when she gets free” Mitch sipped coffee at Caroline’s tiny kitchen table

Josh shrugged “I should have done this weeks ago Her ‘ruler of the world’ et us all in trouble If she’d been contained ouldn’t have needed the roadblocks, or the do back into town to chat with her There wouldn’t be any crazy gifts being sent to her ell, not that she knew about, anyway It would have all gone a lot smoother”

“You’ve lost your ht?”

“You’re not tellingnew You said that to me when I proposed”

“Yeah, but this is further proof”

Josh concentrated on the oo back upstairs for round tith Caroline Maybe by then she’d be so desperate for the toilet that it’d make her more reasonable