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Like I kidnap a lot of people on a regular basis or so I don’t want to ruin my badass rep, but Becca’s the first person I’ve ever kidnapped, and I wouldn’t have done it if I’d had a choice

Becca shakes Crankshaft’s hand, kissing him on the cheek as she does so “Good to meet you, sir,” she says and practically bounces from the room He looks at me, eyes wide, and says, “You have a handful with her, Harlan”

“Yeah, I noticed,” I agree drily “You should hear her talk about…” I trail off, realizing that I didn’t want to tell my prez about Becca’s comments about sex That’s a first forI clear my throat “Well anyway, I’m off”

“Have fun,” he says with a wink and a naughty grin I roll my eyes and head for the door It’s time to kidnap Becca

Again

5

Becca

We head toward my apartment—Tye’s apartment—on the Upper East Side I don’t knohy I’ to it as his, since we’ve lived together in it for the last three months, but … it’s never really felt likehis nights drinking and getting high

How er do I put up with that?

I don’t knoas never one who’d been blessed with boatloads of patience, but breaking up also seemed like a lot of work Did I really care that ht

I call into work and getto let o,” I say casually, “but it turns out, they need e”

I wait for his screeching and panic to subside—he doesn’t really care about me, he just doesn’t want to have to do my work for me—and then when he finally winds down, I say, “I’ll call you later,” then end the call Actually…I think about it a bit They may be able to track ht call this into the police My latest work is so boring, my boss would involve the police rather than be forced to actually do it himself

I shut my phone down co available

I feel a little happier already

We head up the elevator and down the hallway tomy best not to breathe too deeply around Harlan Or at least obviously He sood It’s hard to keep e He said he’d kidnap me for the day, not fuck h