Chapter Twenty-Six Arabella I’d f****d up in so many ways and on the grandest of scales. Tied up, gagged, and lying in the trunk of the black Cadillac I’d been trying to avoid like the plague, I had tons of time to think about how I’d gotten here in the first place. Not minding my own business was the first and possibly the biggest mistake I’d made. I never should have gotten out of my bedroom that night. After all, I knew the code at my father’s house. Mind your business. The second mistake I’d made was leaving home. In doing so, I had put others in danger, and that was exactly what had made me give in and go with the man my father had sent after me. Third mistake, taking the bus. I thought I’d done everything in the smartest way possible. Turns out I was wrong about that too. Maybe

