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Chapter 49
Dante's POV
I groaned in frustration as our car sputtered to a stop on the side of the road. "Shit!”
Olivia looked at me with concern. "What's wrong?"
“I have no idea. Let me go take a look.”
I stepped down and went to open the hood.
"I think the engine's dead," I replied, getting out of the car to take a look.
“And the weather's going to be bad today.” Olivia said. Her words, doing nothing to reassure me.
We were in the middle of nowhere, with no cell phone signal to call for help. I left the hood open and took anoth
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