The dark car ride seemed to drag on after that conversation, neither of us spoke another word which didn’t help with the heaviness my eyes felt every couple of seconds. My day had been filled with such worry, fear, confusion and sprinting that I was the most mentally and physically exhausted I had ever been. With the sound of the steady engine running, it served as a lullaby and soon, I fell asleep with my head against the window. The loud sound of a horn blaring from somewhere outside jolts me awake out of my sleep, at first, I was a little disorientated and confused, my brain hadn’t quite caught up with the programme as to why I had woken up in a car. “Good morning, Princess.” Baxter’s voice spoke from beside me which is what led my brain to start to remember everything, my father’s pretend heart attack, the marriage, fleeing and meeting Baxter. “So, it wasn’t a dream?” I asked slowly looking around the car as I sat up slightly, my neck aching a little from laying in a car for
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