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And a attached to the console between the two seats Not only that, but there was a small leather suitcase on the floor—and it had her name on it She’d seen it before It contained some of her personal possessions that the cops had seized upon her arrest and kept at the prison—and would have been given back to her in the event she was released from court that day

Well, that hadn’t happened, but those were still her things

She tried not to look at Ari any h she did see his bleeding arn of life, but there was none She then turned so she could grab the keys She got out and laid the keys on the seat Contorting with a lot of effort, she tried to unlock the cuffs

No luck, daed to succeed after fiveover and over

There! She shook her hands free and dropped the cuffs on the ground She wouldn’t need therabbed her bag from the floor

She couldn’t help glancing once more at Ari He hadn’t moved No surprise

“I’ his job—and that probably included ignoring requests and pleas fro

She looked around at what she could see of the road, the surrounding forest, the downed trees and more She still had no idea where she was—but she nevertheless gotfor her life

She was free! At least for now And somehow, she needed to use this opportunity to clear her nah she’d no idea how yet

She only knew she had to find her rat of an ex Unless he’d actually stayed around this area and had been killed in the quake

Under other circumstances, she would cheer at that idea—but she had to find him, to make him confess to his lies, so she would be able to show the world that she was no murderer, no matter how much she detested the creep

So now she ran into the vaguely illu no idea where she was going—but hoping she would find some kind of shelterand somehow survive

After the initial earthquake o, Grayson Colton had foreseen that the drive along this rural yet usually well-traveled road leading out of Mustang Valley, Arizona, would be a battle against nature But after his initial assistance and communications, he had chosen this part of town and beyond to search for people who needed help after the highly disturbing tremors the area had experienced

And was still experiencing to soround continued to rock now and then with aftershocks