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“You’re not listening to me…” he said, sounding amused.
I blinked, focusing on Luca’s arm.
His ravaged arm that had been maimed but still miraculously was whole.
“I’m tired,” I admitted.
“Let’s go then,” he ordered, standing up with me in his arms.
I knew he had to be in pain.
He was always in pain but trying to hide it.
Yet he didn’t complain once as he led me to Tim, who was taking us to a rental car agency.
I stayed in his arms, thinking that for once, everything felt like it might be okay.
“Luca,” Tim said. “I got you a rental. It’s the black truck over there. I remember you having a thing about enclosed spaces a long time ago, so I got you the biggest thing they had.”
Luca said something, but my brain was quickly losing focus as exhaustion started to overwhelm
me.
I was running on fumes.
And, I just didn’t freakin’ care.
Nothing else mattered but being exactly where I was at.
***
I didn’t remember stopping to get the keys. I wasn’t aware of getting into the truck.
Hell, I didn’t even remember being carried into the beach house that would be our home for the
next seven days.
I woke up when the day started giving way to the dark.
I wasn’t in a bedroom, though.
I was on a couch in the middle of a beautifully decorated living room that wasn’t familiar in the
least.
I turned my head so that I could take a look around and wasn’t surprised to find nobody in the
vicinity.
I sat up and looked over my shoulder, finding a wall of windows at my back and a familiar
menacing form standing at the deck railing overlooking the beach beyond.
Feeling other pressing needs besides the one that urged me to go to him, I found my way to the
back hallway and went to the first bathroom that I found.
After using the facilities, I turned on the faucet and was immediately drenched in freakin’ water
