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Chapter 22 - Escape
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2024-10-29 19:42:56“You look nervous.” Knox says to me as I walk toward his car at my job’s parking lot. It’s the end of my afternoon shift on a Friday. I’m tired as usual and I’m regretting agreeing to this trip. I’m not looking forward to sitting in a car for hours.
I was hoping Knox would change his mind and stand me up but he didn’t. There he is standing next to his car, looking like he’s the king of the world.
I look at him thrown by how good he looks under the night lights. He looks like he has a halo on the top of his head. He’s so tall he’s blocking the pole of the light behind him. The darkness around him makes him look mysterious.
And it doesn’t help that he looks so good in a pair of jeans.
“Do you blame me?” He holds out his hand and I give him my bag. I watch him place it him place it in the boot.
“I told you, you have nothing to
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