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Ch. 47 - A FALL INTO YOUR ARMS

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LINDEN

The police left about an hour ago. Jensyn's phone lay face down on the couch where she had sat earlier. She didn't touch the phone much, I noticed. It was as if touching it again might reopen the fear stitched into her bones. She hadn’t spoken much during questioning, she just gave short, precise answers. Her voice sounded as if it had been borrowed from someone else.

When we were told the message sent was from a burner phone, I saw the way Jensyn's hands clasped tightly. She was scared.

This side of Jensyn, I wasn't used to it. I was used to the confident one, the one that would question my rules, and break heaven down.

Third night in a row she hadn't slept alone.

She hadn’t asked me why I had decided to stay, why I locked my room and brought all I needed to her room. I could always buy new clothes and shoes, but I had no plans of sleeping in my room again.

I hadn’t offered to give her this explanation. She had seen me unhinged, that should be enough explanation.

Now, she was
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