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Thomas had used her

She was a fool

Yet, as she searched the airport, not understanding a word over the PA syste her work in New York at one of the ious hospitals on the eastern seaboard, to come to Reykjavik

No This is good Then you won’t have to face Thoe to Susan

She glanced at the big s and saw a vast, flat nothing and that nothing was covered hite What had she gotten herself into? She wasn’t even sure what day it was Was it Tuesday, yeah it must be Tuesday

She could always turn around and go back to Manhattan She closed her eyes and took a deep breath No, there was no way she could head back There was no one to go back to Her father was gone and he’d been her only fa left for her there except her job

A job under Thomas’s thumb

She bit back the tears stinging her eyes She could do this She would just have to hire a car and figure out how to drive herself into Reykjavik and the small vacation home she’d rented Dr Sturlusson didn’t see unavoidable had happened and he hadn’t been able to contact her

She should’ve told hione with the car-rental plan in the first place

Betty glanced up at the signs overhead, trying to figure out where to go to rent a car when she saw so move out of the corner of her eye

She looked over her shoulder and herof atoward her Quickly

His eyes were trained on her and her knees instinctively weakened, because even from a distance there was an air of command about him His hair was a dark blond and he had an athletic build She was pretty sure that he could easily pick her up and toss her a long distance, despite the fact that she was pretty tall herself at five feet nine

He stopped a few feet froazed briefly raked over her for her It sent a shiver down her spine, but not one of fear His assess alether fir jaw clenched

She knew froot her back up a bit Why was this stranger staring at her with annoyance? It wasn’t as if she were blocking his way, but then again et as far out of his way as possible

Betty narrowed her eyes and stared back at hiround