She's Off The Books

They were not taken to the empty room they woke up in, but to a new room with sofas and a coffee table. The men untied their hands and left them there. The room had no windows so, there was no way of escape except through the door. And something told Avril that the men did not leave entirely but were standing by the door.

She sat down almost immediately, and placed her hands on her chest, right over her heart. It was pounding hard like it wanted to escape her body. 

“God,” she muttered and bent her head. She placed her hands in her hair and closed her eyes. What had she just seen? Was it truly Dakar? Oh, she wasn't stupid. She knew him well. She knew those eyes well. But what happened to him? He didn't even move a toe when he set eyes on her. What about that woman? Obviously, she wasn't his sister. She was something more. And the way she sat and held his hand had so much authority. Like, she was next to him. Had he gotten married?