a jerke

clutched her throat with a hand

he switch of the bedside lamp while kn

the room, and she huddled on her

as b

was back again

ything that happened that night, it seemed a

hought it had left her, only

ight after the nightmare. It was one question she always

d ran a hand through

de as the sleep seemed to have vanished from her eyes to be rep

cream invaded her senses. But she ma

louded, and she sniffled as the fir

trembled while thinking abou

ted criminal. Not that she was a criminal, but she knew that if he could

tter where she ran to, he always managed to track her dow

ed how long her luck w

ht of what would happen if

ne would look out for her if she were m

des, she had been working for only three months at t

wiped her cheeks with her palm and glared at the ceiling, which lo

e friends when she never stayed

d yet she was stil

k to the night her father w

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nely streets of New York City. It was nighttime, and she needed to f

She wh

e image of her father's blown-

linked her eyes several times w

bled as she bump

ut she dodged the hand he exten

. Yet, she couldn't stop runni

ince she darted out of the hou

into a corner an

arehouse. Using the back of her hand, she wiped off her tears a

the moonlight was out to help her make out most of the words. Otherwise, it wa

e crumpled paper with he

lic gate and inserted one of the

n before stepping inside, not forg

ed door. The lights in the warehouse were

." she c

onse; only her voic

d the several black bags lying on the

enched her hands as her legs mov

the bags and lurched back in fright as

mouth to stop the shriek t

per that fell out of the

it became mo

ew he would leave her in the cruel world, and he

out of her thoughts as she

d at the woodpecker that interru

k, then back to the swaying trees. The thought of her fa

ed her father. She missed him so much, and she wis

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is close friends and family, tossed his he

zed up at him with a coy smile, an

k the tip of his díck before

in her curly red hair as s

d his release, and he shot

torily, but the wh

m for the whole day, and she j

. He had told his secretary to cancel his appointment for the day; he

whoever was on the other

aside, and tilted his brows as one of h

hat this interrupt

But I brought you some information

o's eyes narrowed.

rina in the new neighbourhood, and

e can run, but she

e doesn't escape this time. If not, I would have

he saliva in his mouth. He was familiar with Sandro's

seppe stuttered bef

lled, stopping hi

me alive. I would

ponded and scurried out of th

nymore." A smirk formed on Sandro's chiselled fa

continue what

re, Lizzo, as she appeared in th

t because he was happy about what she wa

it to wrap his hands aroun

shment he had swirling in his head to her