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One week for me to hide in the darkness until Leo came back. One week for me to escape the other doctor. That was the plan.

The guard is losing control of me. I could get out of his grasp, but then what? Anywhere I run, they would find me. When he almost loses his complete hold on me, another man grabs at my feet.

This is new. I’ve never seen someone in this ward get this manic over being sent to solitaire that two guards had to escort them. I kick at him. He hisses when my heel hits his arm, but he wraps his hands around my ankles. The other man adjusts his holding, sliding his arms under my armpit to carry me better.

“No! Put me down!” I scream, thrashing around.

I just return to normal after my last visit. How long will it take?

They get me through the door and down the stairs. The main guard down here already has a door waiting for me. It’s the same room I was in the last time.

They aren’t gentle when they let go of me, tossing me to the floor, where I land with a thud. I groan as pain shoots up my arm from the impact.

“Psycho bitch,” the one mutters under his breath.

I inhale a deep breath as the door slams shut, leaving me in utter darkness.

What have I done?

I acted impulsively, thinking this idea would work out in my favor. When has anything ever worked out in my favor? I was wrong and stupid. So fucking stupid.

And now I have to pay for my stupidity.

CHAPTER 36

Leo

I’ve been gone from the asylum for an hour, and I’m still worrying even though she promised. Who the hell knows if she is going to keep it? It is Veronica, after all.

I gaze out of the window, watching the trees pass by as we approach my parent's house. Myles is in the seat next to me in the back of our Uber.

He left shortly after helping Dr. Bennett with all the business issues. I love him, but I am so happy he is gone. Myles's presence only stressed me out more because of Veronica. I couldn’t trust her to keep pushing his buttons when I wasn’t around.

Luckily, Myles and Scarlet met. She showed interest in him almost immediately. He had mentioned to me in private that he was told to beware of the woman.

I wonder who could have told him that.

“You good, man?” Myles asks beside me.

“Yeah.” I peel my eyes off the road to look at my friend.

“You’ve got your worried face on.” Is it that noticeable?

Resting my head back, I close my eyes. “She is just so unpredictable. I made her promise to behave herself, and she agreed, but…”

“You don’t believe her.” He finishes the sentence for me.

My head shakes. “Would you?”

He inhales a deep breath before saying, “God, no.”

“And yet you wanted to sleep with her.”

“Do you blame me?” He chuckles. “It doesn’t matter, though. Not when I have the nurse's number on my phone. That doesn’t bother you, does it? Seeing as she showed an interest in you first?”

My eyes flutter open, staring at the black fabric on the car's ceiling. “Nah. I think she took the hint that I wasn’t into her.”

“Because you gave her the cold shoulder.”