her spine, shooting a bolt of pain up from her ankles to her sk

o a stack of cardboard boxes. A stray

window was just a dark, empty

grabbed Chloe's hand and pulled h

It blurred the streetlights into stre

y onto the main street. It

dling at the curb, its

" Chloe yelled. "D

ride. She yanked the back door open and shoved Chloe

ent. It smelled of expensive le

yelled at the part

r didn

glass divider. "I'm

e y

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. She turned h

s of the backseat, le

de cast a slice of l

otograph. The face she had

pher S

n that was hard to read. It wasn't ange

er back against the door, trying to put

she whi

answer. He looke

led down three inches, revealing a second black SUV pulli

non-existent pursuer. He wa

rolled th

e said to

d forward, sm

e of Eleonora, whispered, "This

over and pinched

uc

east pocket and held it out to Eleonora. She was

it," h

white square of fabri

I am a parasite," Kristopher said. His tone was conversa

on her own

eonora. "An interesting career choice, Eleonora.

leonora said. Her voice shook, but she lif

intensified. He was too close. "A mistake?

ut a pattern of cor

care about context," Kristopher sai

sue a re

tock price." Kristopher sat b

ywhere with you.

und. "A divorce? No. That would be too easy. Y