STEPHI
Nasroque had returned a few moments after Sam's phone call.
Laura was extremely upset, she had been sobbing and shaking uncomfortably.
And I was left with a strange feeling within myself.
I felt terrible for what I had said to Sam and I hoped he had been able to hear my silent words to him.
A part of me still felt broken by having to pretend that I hated him.
I would have preferred if he didn't go around hurting people, that much was true.
But I knew that this situation was not a normal one, and he was doing what he thought he had to in order to save me.
I had met Laura's family a few times and they hadn't seemed like bad people, so the fact that Sam was torturing them left me feeling rather upset and guilty.
The more I tried to push it from my thoughts, I would look over a
