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“My memories are fuzzy before the car crash,” I whisper. “I don’t know who I was before that.”
“How so?” he asks, his eyes narrowing.
I take in a shaky breath, his scent making my head spin.
“You can tell me, Princess,” he whispers.
When did tears fill my eyes? Why am I pouring my heart out to a stranger?
Blinking back the embarrassing tears, I allow the awful truth to fall from my lips.
“I think my boyfriend was lying to me about who I was.”
James doesn’t blink. It’s disconcerting, and I panic as he clenches his hands into fists at his sides.
“Boyfriend?” He spits the word.
“Yes?” I say, confused. “Ex-boyfriend, now. He told me who I was before the accident. But I think he may have lied.”
The truth is vile.
I don’t know who I am.
James’s jaw ticks and his nostrils flare. “What did he tell you?”
His reaction frightens me. He’s just as unhinged as the night before.
I’ve made a mistake.
“Nothing really,” I whisper. “Just that I didn’t have a lot of friends. And that I liked to stay at home with him, watching television and movies. He made me out to be very boring, and I’m not sure I agree with him.”
Tears fill my vision again, and I’m moments away from sobbing.
There’s a beat of silence.
“How long were you with him?” he demands.
“What? Why?”
“How. Long. Were. You. With. Him?”
Is hejealous?
“Why do you want to know?” I choke out, confused.
His gaze is sinister. “Because,” he says slowly, “I need to know the best way to kill him.”
What thehell?
I’m up and out of the gazebo before I can think, racing down the stone pathway towards theInn.
James laughs behind me.
I vow never to be alone with him again.
6
HARPER
