LORENZO
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The room was too quiet. Quiet enough that my thoughts wandered to Isla. It hadn’t even been more than an hour since she left, but I was already thinking about her. She’d been softer lately. She was trusting me more. Wanting me more. I didn’t deserve any of it but that never stopped me from taking it. It never stopped me from indulging her.
I’d told her to be back by ten o’clock. It was only seven yet I wanted her back already. I felt uneasy, letting her walk by herself. I had too many enemies who thought they could get to me through her. Even her father had made a lot of enemies before his death. She wasn’t safe outside but she never believed it when I said it.
I was halfway through a report when my phone buzzed. Once. Twice. Then it vibrated again.
My hand moved before m
