CHAPTER 44 MICHAEL I couldn’t stand it. Watching the way they treated her, the way that beach talked to her, it drove me to the edge and I just snapped. I yanked my gun from my car but I knew it was going to complicate things, not that I care but I knew Julie wouldn’t like that so I dropped it. I dropped it and dashed into the store. I grabbed Julie, threw her over my shoulders, and stormed out of the Store. “Put me down!” “Let me go!” Julie cried out, wiggling on my shoulder and hitting me to let her go. I threw her into my car and zoomed off. “Shut up!” I blurted as I drove. “Let me go, where are you going? Stop the car…. Stop the car at once, Michael!” She grunted, she was angry, not at me, I could tell from the way she yelled. “Why?” I rasped without stopping. “Because I am

