the phone in
eded to go back to her off-campus apartment. She needed a hot shower t
e old brick apartment building sh
eps slowed. A sleek, silver Porsche wa
y's
eaten her again. She walked past the car, entered the buildin
om her bag and slid th
The door was a
pen quietly. She stepped
ed her dead i
ning. The cheap fabric sofa was facing away from the entryway, creating a perfect blind spot. A
rd and peered through the gap in the decorative wooden d
renda had bought herself,
r. She let out a breathy laugh. "You're so
"She's just a boring bookworm. Y
as so profound, so utterly disgusting, that it bypas
d her phone out of her pocket. She opened the
bedrooms. From this concealed angle, she stood perfectly still, recording th
ain. She threw it as hard as she coAN
e a gunshot in th
edge, his pants around his ankles, his face pale with terror. S
hind the divider. Her face
have asked your mother for an allowance," Brenda said, h
s hands were shaking. "Brenda, wait, it'
rolling down her cheeks. "Brenda, please! We coul
kitchen. She grabbed a large plastic cup, filled it to the brim with i
w the freezing water dir
ropping the pillow
ping between them. "Are yo
nd. She held up her phone, the screen stil
y apartment right now, or this video goes to the university's internal forum. Le
ut him off completely if a scandal like this broke. He grabbed
st it!" Emery yelled as they
r slamm
ent was de
contracted. She ran to the bathroom, fell to her knees in
d her face with cold water. She coul
ew days' worth of clothes and her laptop inside. She th
arage. She threw her bag into the passenger seat of
knuckles ached. A single tear escaped, hot and angry
ne and drove up the
rsection, a silver Porsche swerve
t. He ran to her window and started
ete the video! You can't do this to me!
rs. She slammed her foot on the gas pedal and jerked the ste
ecent drizzle. The Corolla'
. Brenda pumped the brak
methodically tailing her since she left the university ca
AS
lammed violently into the rear o
ad smacked against the steering wheel. A sharp, blinding pain shot throug
r vision blurri
, realized the massive trouble he had caused, and ran
ng her head. She looked up t
sive man in a black suit. He walked over to her car
with a sickening, burning pain. She pushed the door
to say, reaching for her insu
of the Maybach s
rds died in
immaculate. His slate-gray eyes locked onto her pal
gry. He looked en
d. His voice left absolu
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