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“You can trust me or not trust me That’s up to you My past islouder For the first tiry

“I trust you,” I said “I just need to know more about you”

“I’m not ready,” he said “Either you trustto tell you about my past”

“Fine” I said, brushing by him as I stood up

“Where are you going?” he asked as I marched down the hall

I didn’t answer, slauest roory to cry and too scared to sleep

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Aiden

It had been a few days since we arrived at Brett’s cabin, and so far, there hadn’t been any indication they knehere ere Brett had gone into town a couple of times for supplies and said the coast seemed clear He hadn’t been able to stop by my cabin since it would have alerted anyone there to our whereabouts if he had, but in the drives pastand hadn’t seen anyone The door was closed, and my truck was still parked around back, he could see that Otherwise, crickets

Thankfully, I had my credit cards loaded into s to be delivered to Brett’s house so he didn’t have to pay for all our supplies It was a huge favor, what he was doing, and I wouldn’t forget it or take it for granted If we survived all this, I would make sure to pay him back and then some

I had to stop thinking like that We were going to survive this We were going to bring these people to some kind of justice We just needed a plan

I openedalarms up on my phone helped remind me to check perimeters more often than I would normally think about Brett had invested in a caiven me access to it as well If soh time to be ready