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The more time I spend thinking about the future, the more I’m sure I’m going to be raising the baby on my own.
That's fine with me.
I can make my own little family. I don’t need a man who doesn’t want either of us to be involved with our lives.
“Look, I appreciate the concern, but I don’t think it’s necessary. You don’t want to be here, and quite frankly, I don’t want you to be here either. We will both be happier if we’re alone.”
He rolls his eyes as I head for another camera. “Unfortunately for us, Brennan makes the rules right now. Not me. Certainly not you.”
“Well, great, then let’s just agree to not talk to each other and pretend that the other one doesn’t exist. Like you said, Matteo will be here later and then there’s no need for either of us to talk to each other again.”
“Perfect. That’s exactly what I want. Glad we finally got each other figured out.”
Salvatore’s jaw clenches as he spins away from me and starts to look at other cameras. I sigh and inspect my options, needing to put more distance between us before I break down and ask him to tell me what the hell is going through his head.
I’m tired of trying to figure him out.
I need a break. Something easy in my life for once.
Walking away from him is going to be that easy thing. I’m going to distance myself from him and then I’m going to move on with my life. Maybe I’ll change my identity and move to another country.
It’s something that I should have done a long time ago.
When Brennan gets back, I’ll talk to him about it. Find a good country to raise a baby in where there aren’t people chasing after me.
Though I know it’s nothing more than a pipe dream, I still want it. I want to be able to live without the thought of being followed and threatened every single fucking day of my life.
I don’t want to have someone like Salvatore acting as my bodyguard for the rest of my life.
“I’m going to the washroom,” I say, pointing to the washrooms across the hall. “I’ll be right back. Are you going to march in there with me or do I get some semblance of privacy?”
He waves a dismissive hand while looking at a pair of headphones. I roll my eyes and take off to the washroom, happy to get a minute without him.
I close the washroom door behind me and lock it before checking beneath the stalls for anyone else. As soon as I’m sure that I’m alone, I lean over the sink and splash some cold water on my face.
When I look up, I see someone approach me from behind but it’s too late. Within a second, a cloth is pressed against my mouth and nose and the world goes black.
* * *
I wakeup in a dark room with harsh yellow light shining down from above. I groan, feeling like I’ve been hit by a ton of bricks. Something rough scrapes against my wrists. Panic floods through me as I realize I’m tied to a chair.
“What the fuck,” I whisper, looking around the room for something that might tell me where the hell I am.
My heart is racing as two figures enter the room. As they step out of the shadows and into view, I see that one is a smaller woman and the other is a man who towers over her.
Everything instinct screams at me to run.
I would if I could.
“Good morning,” the woman says, her voice sickly sweet as she circles around me. “You know, I’ve been waiting for the moment that I could finally get you alone. It’s a good thing that your little boyfriend left you alone when he did. I was getting ready to do something drastic.”
“Who are you?” I ask, my voice raspy from a dry throat. “Do you have any water?”
Is my baby okay?
I don’t feel like there’s anything wrong with the baby, but I don’t know what happened to me when I was unconscious. Terror rushes through me as I try to will myself to feel something. I know that I won’t, but I want to.
I need to know that the baby’s going to be okay.
