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“He screamed, of course. Have you ever been maced?”
“I’ve been in a gas chamber.”
Her brows popped.
“Yeah, for training. Keep going.”
“He ran off the road and into the ditch. The back doors were locked, so I had to scramble up front, and I got out while he was clawing his eyes out. I ran until I couldn’t anymore. Then ... there you were.”
I shook my head. “If what you’re telling me is true, you know none of this would have happened if you wouldn’t have run away from me in the first place.”
“I got shot at the moment you came into my house. Of course I ran from you.”
“After you kissed me.”
She narrowed her eyes. “Why are you being so aggressive with me?”
“Tell me about your relationship with Ron Fitch.”
“My boss?”
I shot her a look. “Don’t fucking do this right now.”
“Stop talking to me like that.”
My knuckles turned white against the steering wheel. “I’m not doing this with you anymore, Sophia. I have no more patience for lies or bullshit. Just talk. Dammit,just talk.”
“Fine. He’s my boss at the diner, nothing else. We’re not in a relationship, if that’s where you’re going with this.”
“How about a working relationship?”
“Uh, yeah, I work for him. I just said that.”
“Only at the diner?”
“What the hell are you talking about?”
“Sophia, a friend of mine just took a call from Ron Fitch and was shot in the head while talking to him.”
“What?”
“Ron is part of Black Cell.”
She stilled with shock and then her jaw dropped, a sudden epiphany widening her eyes. “Oh my God.”
“What?”
“I texted Ron—beforeI was kidnapped—asking if I could borrow his side-by-side. I thought I could drive that out of town. Anyway, I told him I was on my way to the diner. He’s the only one who knew where I was going. If he’s really with Black Cell, he’s the one who tipped off my kidnapper, there’s no question.”
I watched the blood drain from her face. Either Sophia was a really,reallygood liar, or she was genuinely shocked.
I dragged my hand through my hair. “I need you to tell me everything.” I shot her a look.“Everything, Sophia. Start at the beginning. Tell me how you’re involved in Black Cell.”
“I’m not anymore. I escaped,” she said, lifting her chin. “That’s why I’m here in Alaska. I picked this place with a dart on a map. I’m not joking. I’ve been here for three years, unbothered, and then you show up and toss everything upside down.”
Anger flashed in her eyes.
“I’d finally laid down roots, established something. Ilikedit here. I had plans to add onto my cabin, to get a dog, maybe ... And now I have to leave. Again.”
