MIDNIGHT
~Maya~
"Come to my room when she falls asleep."
The message replayed in my head on a loop, each word dripping with promise.
I tried to focus on the hot tub. On Chloe's rambling about some Netflix show. On the steam rising into the cold mountain air.
But all I could think about was him.
What he would do to me. Whether he would finally let me touch him. Whether I would survive whatever he had planned.
The suspense was eating me alive.
I didn't leave the hot tub until Chloe yawned and announced she was tired. If I had left first, she would have thought I didn't want to spend time with her.
She had no idea I was counting down the minutes until I could go to her father.
* * *
I spent the rest of the afternoon pretending to read.
The words on the page clouded together. My mi
