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“Can I leave? To go to the store or take a walk?”
“No.”
“But what if I need to go buy tampons or pads or something?”
He doesn’t bat an eye at the reference to my period. My ex-boyfriend used to shudder at the mere mention of the wordtampon.“Put them on the grocery list,” he says coolly.
Sophia places two mugs of fresh coffee on the table in front of us and then goes back to fixing breakfast.
“I need to speak with my cousin. She’ll wonder where I am if I don’t check in.”
“Mia?” he asks.
I blink at him. “You know Mia?”
“I know she’s your only other living relative and she lives in Boston.”
“Wow! You really did do your homework.”
“I told you, I learn all there is to know about my enemies, Kat.”
“She’s not your enemy. I’m not your enemy,” I snap.
“No?”
My brain catches up with my feelings to find the right response. “Well, I guess you’re mine now after you kidnapped me.”
“I guess.” He shrugs before he takes a sip of his coffee.
“You’re an asshole, you know that?”
He eyes me over the rim of his coffee mug. “I’ve been called worse.”
“I hate you.”
“I’d expect nothing less.”
I realize this is pointless. He doesn’t care how I feel about him. “So, Mia…” I say.
“What about her?”
“Can I call her?”
“If you behave yourself, you can call her once a week in my office.”
“If Ibehave?” I snap.
“Yes.”
“And what would that look like? Me behaving?”
“Doing as you’re told,” he says as though it’s the most obvious thing in the world.
“But what is it I’m going to be told to do, Dante?” I hear the desperation in my voice even as I try to keep calm and rational.
He puts his mug on the table and sighs. “I don’t know yet.”
“You must have some idea. Not knowing what you want from me is torture. Is that the idea though? Is this all part of the plan?”
