Chapter 10
I SAW JUSTIN in my rearview mirror as I raced out of the parking lot. He was standing next to the back door and would have clearly intercepted me had I left even a few seconds later.
Shit. s**t. s**t.
My heart was pounding and my hands shook as I drove blindly through the streets, not sure where to go. Justin knew where I worked. Who I was. What I’d done to his father.
Why else would he be there?
There was no doubt in my mind that he would have killed me if I’d have gone on that date. I imagined his hands around my throat, choking the life out of me, and my eyes filled with tears. I was f*****g dead.
My cell phone rang, making me jump.
“It’s me,” said Cole, when I picked it up. “Are you okay?”
“Yes,” I said, trying to compose myself. I didn’t need him to hear me crying.
