"To love is nothing. To be loved is something. But to love and be loved, that's everything."
--T. Tolis
Penelope’s POV
Someone knocked on the door three times, and then brought in a steak and salad. So I knew it was 6:30 p.m., dinner time.
Ever since I escaped from the Brazil slums back to Los Angeles, I've been holed up in this little room at the Allure Strip Club. The Brazilian gang’s boss provide me supplies, food and water.
I've been looking for a chance to get out again without being noticed by Lance. Finally, when I heard that his best friend Mikael had been injured in the bombing, I knew I could get out of the house and do something, because Lance hadn't had time to find out that I had fled back to the United States.
After leaving the strip club, the boss of t
