“It’s too late.” I grasped for an additional excuse to delay the journey. “It’s harmful to fly right now.”

Xavier didn’t deign to acknowledge my ridiculous assertion.

Purple-eye flights took off after midnight on a regular basis.

The cab driver twisted round to glare at us. “Claridge’s or Stansted?” he demanded. “I don’t have all night time.”

“Stansted. Sorry, my man.” Xavier shoved a handful of payments towards the entrance seat. “Respect it.”

Mollified, the opposite man grabbed the money and sped off.

I suppose I wasn’t the one one who bribed drivers when the event referred to as for it.

“Loosen up, Luna.” Xavier laughed as we wound by means of the near-empty streets at a breakneck tempo. “You’re formally off the clock for the following week. Take pleasure in it.”

I pressed my lips collectively.

All I’ve to do is get by means of the week with out slipping up.I wasn’t positive what “slipping up” would appear to be, however foreboding inched beneath my pores and skin the nearer we acquired to the airport.

I didn’t know what would occur after I didn’t have the buffer of labor to protect me, but when Xavier thought he may trick me into letting down my guard in Spain, he had one other factor coming.

Trip or not, I used to be nonetheless me. I didn’t let folks see previous what I wished them to see, and nothing would change that—not even a pressured week off with my consumer nemesis.

CHAPTER5

Xavier

Sloane and I flew to Mallorca in silence. I may inform she was plotting my demise the whole time, however fortunately, all sharp objects remained blood-free once we landed.

By then, we had been so drained she didn’t argue over sharing a villa with me, and I didn’t protest when she took the first suite. I used to be merely completely happy to fall into mattress and go out.

Regardless of my exhaustion, it was a fitful sleep suffering from replays of the identical dream. I used to be crossing a bridge with Hershey, my pet chocolate Lab from childhood, however each time I made it midway, the gaps between the planks widened. Irrespective of how arduous I attempted to leap the gap or cling to the railing, we fell by means of the hole. I plunged into quicksand and watched helplessly as the encircling river swept my beloved canine away.

Hershey died years in the past from previous age, however that didn’t matter to Dream Me. The crushing anchor of failure weighed me down greater than the quicksand.

The autumn occurred time and again and over till I wakened, coronary heart pounding and physique drenched in sweat.

Variations of the dream had haunted me for years.

Generally, I used to be with Hershey. Different occasions, I used to be with my mom, an previous pal, or an ex-girlfriend. Whoever it was, the end result remained the identical.

I used to be caught watching them die.

“Fuck this.” My harsh voice chased a number of the ghosts away as I tossed my covers off.

It was solely eight. I often didn’t rise up till previous ten, however I couldn’t keep in that mattress any longer.

I turned the bathe as chilly as it will go and washed away the remnants of the night time.

It was only a silly dream. I wasn’t going to let it destroy my journey, and I positive as hell wasn’t going to dig deeper into what it meant. Ignorance was bliss.

I scrubbed more durable with the cleaning soap.

By the point I toweled off and threw on a shirt and pants, I’d corralled my unease to the again corners of my thoughts the place it belonged.

I headed to the kitchen however stopped midway when a flash of motion caught my eye.

I got here to a lifeless halt.

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