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They hauled theJulia to come back into the bedroom, where she lurked beside the wardrobe and tried to blend with the wood Jena tottered after the wouy out of the room

“Why aren’t you ?” Shona asked Jena “You seem really relaxed”

Jena shrugged “I have to get rescued a lot I’o I was abducted and held at gunpoint by my ex This seems kind of tame in comparison”

“Will you stop talking about being abducted?” Joe frowned at Jena “You were never in any danger We wouldn’t have allowed it In fact, we got you out of there at the first sign of trouble It wasn’t a real kidnapping It was an unscheduled ”

“Says the guy who abducted me,” Jena said to Shona

Joe let out a growl before turning his attention to Ryan “Help me lift the bed in front of the door Then we’ll shut the s; lock them and block them too”

“At least ith the s until we’ve run out of balloons,” Jean pleaded

Joe counted their stash The women had less than a dozen water-filled condo back at the women Yeah, he kneas crazy, but he couldn’t think of a reason not to let them finish

“Fine,” Joe said “Have at it”

The women who’d helped carry the captive into the bathrooer to lob more balloons

“What exactly is their plan here?” Ryan said as he watched the wouns “At best, they’re just going to piss those guys off by soaking them”

“I think they’re hoping they’ll fall over and die of hypothermia,” Joe said

“Do any of the it takes to die of hypothermia?”

“I don’t think they care,” Joe said

“You know,” Ryan said, “when I ith the arined this was how my life would turn out”