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“I assure you, I mean you no harm”

Should she run? The Tune-In was only five minutes away but it was probably closed by now Besides, she had watched enough Animal Planet to know you never turned your back to a predator

“That’s v-v-very kind of you but—”

“Cristo, why do you argue?”

The voice had turned brisk and iod! That was exactly what he was doing A shiny black shoe eed from the open door, followed by its shiny black mate Both shoes landed in a puddle Theas he unfolded the rest of hinized as a Mercedes

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No Wrong word Not big Tall Six two, six three, soed And, as she worked her way up the length of him, she saw that he was narrow-hipped, broad-shouldered—and dressed in an impeccably tailored black tux His face was still in shadow

Her heart was racing

Ted Bundy, as envisioned by GQ azine

At least she’d meet her end at the hands of a killer as stylishly-dressed

“Signorina,” he said, exactly the way you’d address a crazy person but, dammit, she wasn’t a crazy person: she was a resourceful woh reality shows to knohat to do in a crisis

“Stay back!” Quickly, she dug into her ers around a tube of lipstick and held it toward hier pressed to the top “Stay back or I’ll use this pepper spray”

A bark of laughter greeted her announcement If she hadn’t been so terrified, she’d have been insulted

“Forgive ,” the man said, “and please believe me when I tell you that I can understand your caution It is, in fact, commendable—but misplaced”

He took a slow step forward Emily took one back