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Not if I lose her.
“You’ll give me every tool to extract her if we go through with this?”
“Everything. You have my word.”
I would fucking laugh my ass off if I could, but I need Paul. Need him more than I want to. That old saying the enemy of my enemy is my friend was never more true. He’s going to help me take down my mother and stop her from ever killing another young woman again.
And if I die trying, that’s fine. But I refuse to just die.
“Helicopter? She’ll want to bring the dog.”
“We can take care of the dog after she’s out.”
“Out?”
“We’ll drug the virgin. You know how it works. The only time we put anything in their bodies is so the auction platform can be as drama-free as possible.”
I pinch the bridge of my nose. This will be my third auction. I know what to expect. Lying about it all and maintaining my composure around Paigelynn, though.
That’ll take some serious compartmentalization.
“Fine. We’ll be there.”
“Keep her intact. I saw you kissing her. None of that shit.”
“She kissed me.”
“Your tongue wasn’t exactly running away from hers.”
“Not my fault we’re biologically wired to respond.”
“You want your dick cut off by a Donegal? Because you’re damn close to that if you keep going.”
“I want every last fucker who ruined my life and killed my sister to pay. I want Paigelynn to be free to go out in the world and have a life again. Everything else is secondary.”
“You have such simple pleasures.”
We have a chuckle before we hang up.
Slipping back into the beautiful bunker, a pang of sadness washes over me, too nostalgic for my own good.
I never got to take her swimming.
We’ve been here long enough to shower, sleep, eat, and fight.
Lots of fighting.
“What was that?”
“A change of plans.” Making eye contact should be harder than it is, but I go into robot mode.
“Change?”
“We need to leave.”
“Did someone find us?”
“They will if we stay.”
