When I heard the shower cut off, my whole body went rigid. Pacing the floor for the last twenty minutes had not gotten me any closer to a solution to my problem. Now that the water had stopped flowing, it was only a matter of time before he found his way back into the bedroom.
Every excuse that I could possibly think of was dismissed practically as soon as it came to mind. Getting out of this mess was not as easy as getting into it, and he seemed like a man that was used to getting his way. That only made matters worse.
I was not daft...I knew what he was expecting once he came through that door. Trying to find a way out of a bargain I made was difficult, especially knowing that Tala was still on the premises.
The world we now lived in was not easy. Mankind lived in fear, stay
