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Julia
I didn’t know how long I’d sat on the floor and cried.
By the time I found the strength to get up, I had seventeen missed calls from Heidi, Emery, Landon, and Patrick. Not one from Austin. My mind immediately went to the worst. Maybe I’d left him dead on the pavement. I hadn’t looked. I hadn’t checked. I’d just walked away.
I called Heidi back first, holding the phone in one hand and my gun in the other. This little hunk of metal had saved me from a fate worse than death. I wasn’t about to let it go anytime soon.
“Julia!” Heidi nearly screamed into the phone. “Oh my God, Julia!”
“How’s Austin?” I asked.
“He’s fine, Jules. Are you okay? Where are you? Where did that psycho take you?”
My heart restarted. Austin is fine. He isn’t dead.
“I’m at home. I’m okay.”
No. No, I’m n
