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“I knohat you were doing out there,” I say, giving her a hard look If she thinks I’aain

She pats her hair “What I was doing was looking out for you”

I chuckle huht?”

“Look,” she says with a sigh “Alex toldon when he reached out to me yesterday”

He went running to her with our problems? I don’t believe that for one second I study her face in the ht that be?”

“He toldin New York He’s worried”

“Da to kill him”

She leans her backside against the vanity “He can take care of himself He’s worried about you You’re a weakness”

I inhale sharply “I didn’t ask for this to happen”

“No” She gives a wry smile “That much is clear You’re not here of your own free will You’re nothing but a prisoner Sadly, now you’re keeping Alex a prisoner”

I gape at her “What?” Has Alex told her he’s all but kidnapped ? And what does she mean by that last bit?

She shrugs “Alex feels responsible for you He has to stick around now until he’s certain you’re safe You’re not doing hi around”

She is just guessing about my status, I’m almost sure Either way, I have no reason to hide the truth “Like you said,” I say, capping the lipstick and dropping it in , “I don’t exactly have a choice”

“What if you did have a choice?”

I still “What’s that supposed to mean?”

“What if you could get away?”

I don’t like the way this conversation is going “I won’t do that to Alex”