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“I loved it so much when you came to make me feel better that I’d sometimes start fights with my mom just so I could call you and say she was a bitch. I knew you’d be by my window right after I hung up.”
“I know,” she smiles, her eyes still closed.
“You know?” My cheeks feel warm that she knew about my stupid behavior.
“Yeah, there was a pattern. Sometimes, I wouldn’t have the time to talk to you at school. For whatever reason. You can be sure I’d get a call that evening about you being upset with your mom.”
“Oh my god,” I hide my face in my hands, “this is so embarrassing. If you knew, why didn’t you say anything? You kept coming. Every single time.”
“Because you needed me. The true reason didn’t matter. It was because you wanted me to be near you. And I wanted that too. I will always be there when you need me, Sunshine.”
I swallow the lump in my throat. Feeling emotional from our trip down memory lane. Life would have been so different had she not been kidnapped.
“I love our memories together,” she tells me. Her eyes are open now, and she’s looking at me with a soft smile.
“Me too.”
“I want to make some more. Happy memories.”
“We will.” I squeeze her hand and drop a soft kiss on her lips. “And I can’t wait.”
“Once you’ve divorced your husband,” she tells me bitterly.
I roll my eyes. “Fiancé.”
7
ROSE
Doin’ Time– Lana Del Rey
56 Days until Viktor…
It’s only been a few days, but the fact that I haven’t heard from Lik and Sam worries me. Five days since I walked out of his apartment, telling him words I wholeheartedly believe mixed with one little lie.
I’m ready to be free of us.
I am ready. Yet, I know I’ll never be free of him.
I just can’t get past the hate we share. It takes over the mutual love, makes us unsure if we could ever survive what we’ve done to each other.
Mostly, I refuse to be a pawn in his revenge on Viktor.
It’s already too hard to know my time is limited. I was close to telling Rachel all about it a few days ago, except it always comes back to the same problem: what if she hates me for it?
What if she decides I’m just not worth the trouble anymore? This is where all the lying and disappearing always comes from. That fear that if I’m the true me, it won’t be good enough for her to stay.
But if I don’t tell her, and I don’t tell Sam and Lik… Does this mean I’ve picked a side? Viktor’s?
‘Protecting an abductor is very common after such a long time as a captive.’
I shake my head, getting rid of that detective’s voice again. I’m not picking his side. He is a despicable human being hiding behind a calm façade. The water of a smooth lake hiding the most wicked monster. But heneedsme, and he will always come back for me. Anything else is a complete impossibility.
“Earth to Rose,” Luke laughs as he waves a hand in front of my face.
I push his hand away. “Yeah, yeah. I’m here,” I grunt.
“Please lighten up. You’re horrible company when you’re in a bad mood,” he smiles.
