The first night of freedom did not feel real at first.I sat on the edge of the narrow bed in the safe house, elbows on my knees, staring at the scuffed wooden floor. The silence outside was the strangest part. No engines in the distance. No radio static. No one hunting us. Just the soft creak of the old house settling and the low murmur of Jax’s breathing beside me.He was propped against the headboard, shirt still open from where Jimmy had helped change the bandages an hour ago. The worst of the cuts across his ribs were clean now, closed with neat stitches. He looked tired in a way that went deeper than the injuries. But when his eyes found mine, they were steady.“You’re quiet,” he said.“I’m listening,” I answered. “To nothing. It’s… loud.”A soft knock came at the doorframe. Jimmy stood there, two mugs in his hands, steam rising. He had washed the blood and dirt from his face, but his clothes were still the same ones he had worn through the final hours. He looked like a man who
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