Chapter 24
Zion left, locking the door behind him with someone guarding the entrance, I found myself stuck inside
Looking around the empty room, et awe of frustration wash meer me. After spending the whole night comforting Selma and now dealing with Zion’s antics, my stomach was in knots from inget. I decided the best solution was to try to sleep it off.
When I woke up, I found Selena sitting beside me, cupping my Lace in her hands, her eyes just Inches away from mine, I was startled by her sudden closeness.
“Great! You’re still here, Had! I knew you loved me!” she cheered, clapping her hands and bouncing with excitement.
Remembering the medical records Zion had shown me made me swallow hard I still felt a twinge of mese. Regardless, I needed to find a way out. Zion was act had no right to cenfineme
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“Selena, where’s your phone? can borrow it for a moment? scanned the mom, hoping to find her phone she had been on a video call with Zion just hours earlier, so it had to be somewhere in the room
“Phone?” the murmined, then got up to search her bed. After a while of rummaging with no lock, she started tossing the blankets and smashing things in a fit of rage, looking
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“Where’s my phone? Why is everything gone? Aah!” she pulled at her hair, yelling
I was puzzled by her sudden outburst, but I couldn’t just stand by 1 wrapped my arms around her, holding her hands to stop her from pulling her hair, trying to soothe her. “It’s okay’s just a phone. If weem’t find it, we’ll buy a newene. We have the money for, so don’t get upset.”
My calming words seemed to work. Het nations settled down a bit, and as I helped her back onto the bed, Inated her phone tucked in the corner beneath the pillow, wedged between the wall and the frame. Seeing her calm down made me feel relieved, so I handed the phone back to her.
When she saw her phone, her face it up with joy, like a child who just found a long–lost toy She held it up and showed it to me, grinning
“Hud,ound my phone! I’m not someone who just loses things. Ichreish my stutt! Please don’t leave!”
Watching her excitement, del ambe of helplessness and concern. I wondered her episodes had affected her brain. But when she caught my doubtful expression, her mood shined again. She put on a serious face, holding the phone up to me.
“What do you want my phone for? Her voice turned sharp and hur gazeley, resembling the stem demeanor she had at work.
Thesitated, not daring to ask her directly for her contacts, nor could teller wanted to call Sybia to help me escape. It she found out I had a girlfriend after our divorce, there would be hell to pay. Thad to think fast
I was just feeling bored Myphone is broken Can I borroW YOU?”
After a moment’s thought, she nodded. “Oh, okay, then you can have it. She handed me the phone and even kindly unlocked i
Just when I thought she would actually let me loop it, her expression suddenly hardened. She stutched the phone back from my hands and smashed it to the ground, shouting in
