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Connor nudged me awake. “We’re here, Lily.”

I lifted my head groggily from Connor’s shoulder. We were still in the airplane, but Johnny and Sebastian were on their feet and milling around.

The hum of the engines was gone, as was the vibration of the airplane in flight.

We must have landed.

Connor helped me to my feet and down the stairs to the tarmac where a stretch limo was waiting. He held the rear car door open for me and then followed me inside. The smell of scotch on his breath was pretty powerful.

“How long was I out for?” I asked, rubbing my cheek and hoping I didn’t have any drool on me. Nope. Thank God.

“Thirty minutes.”

“Wow, that was fast…” I mumbled.

Sebastian piled into the limo with Johnny, who shut the door behind them. Since it was a stretch, the limo had two sets of seats facing each other, and Sebastian and Johnny sat directly opposite us.

I felt like we were in a gangster movie.

Or going to prom.

Sebastian looked like a very unhappy gangster/prom date.

Then a voice