the front seat of the car

up near the sports car. The headlights showe

er not

n his boss Jason

terri

ras on this deserted stretch of road or if there were any

t wouldn’t

on and what he

g to be blood

d, so who would have expected that five

d Jason, who wa

ys closed this whole road and stay

sk the reason as

r Jason all these years di

man with ease and slam his head against the wall over

out of

s one thing. Killing them… wouldn’t

road were driving

like Jason, t

paused when just as suddenly, h

d the stranger’s arm. “If yo

e balled his fist as Chris

til this moment that she really

eyes and a strong jaw. Fu

nger on top and

and got to his feet, the man

e said. “He i

looked deadly and still as if peopl

id, “It is not worth being impr

nor move, but she s

to grab his friends and get back into hi

was addressing her, the

stopher could do that she hadn’

tards stuck her head out of the car

hey climbed into the car and one asked, “Jason Re

stood their

old clothes. He looked

His jacket was threadbare

ed out with his

treet. When the road was once again

d, “Thank you… for s

beyond that, did

er side of the road, he sat down

to drop even lower. If he were to sleep on the road

man had saved her, Grace

w? Where is your family? Do you have their phone number

d his head and

seen in her own eyes too many t

that spoke of nothing

to stay, you can st

*

wasn’t impulsive by nature, and she certainly hadn’t dated anyone or

aved her from rape

ered at t

s beaten up? As an attorney, she would’ve fought hard to see all of them in prison for the

was nev

she bring t

wasn’t ready to

and bathroom. She grabbed a blanket from the closet and laid it on t

s just through

the door behind him. The wat

his hair was wet. He had washed his hai

ir, Grace fetched a towel a

xed his ey

. I have no bad intentions,” she said. “If you don’

ed. After a few minutes, he asked in a

t with him. “After bringing you to my

in like she was some od

air, Grace asked,

r a long time, but fi

It was a very common name, so

here do you live? Wh

any family,”

denly s

o one shou

re—but they’d turne

e said with a bitter smile on her face

ntimate ones—to touch his hair and smooth it away from his face. But this

his face were revealed. He was a devastatingly a

m hers and searing her in