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“No one is going to take him from us,” Mr. Mason says, cutting in. His tone is calm, but that darkness in his eyes flashes once again.
“Us?” A small flame of hope lights inside of me. He nods.
“Colin brought you something.” He motions toward the bags. “My bathroom has a shower if you’d like to use it. Everything you’ll need is in the bags.”
The thought of a shower makes me want to cry. I stand, going over to the bags, shuffling through them. He wasn’t lying. There is everything I’ll need in them. Not only for me but Beau too. I get a pile of things I’ll need to shower. I can feel him watching me the whole time.
“You think I’m going to run?”
“No, I have Beau. I’m not worried about you running.” Right.
“Why are you doing this for us?”
“I thought I already answered that.” My mind flashes back to when I said he didn’t own me. His response was I do. No one has ever claimed me before. Not in my whole life. I’ve never belonged to anyone.
“I’m Lila,” I tell him. “Be careful what you claim.”
