“No name restaurant. Doesn’t sound sus at all. Are you sure we should eat it? It may not be safe.”
“You’re right.” Before I can stop her, she opens both sandwiches and takes a bite out of each. “Nope. They’re both fine. But I’m keeping this one.”
“You took a bite out of my sandwich.”
“To be fair, it wasn’t your sandwich when I took a bite out of it. It only became your sandwich after I did. And really, you should thank me.”
“Thank you? For eating part of my sandwich?”
She clutches her chest. “I risked my life for you. Who knows if they were poisoned?”
“Whatever would I do without you?”
“I ask that question most days.”
“Shut up!” I laugh.
We sit in silence as we both shovel our food into our mouth. For someone who was giving me a hard time about complaining about being hungry, she demolished her sandwich.
“Oh. Excuse me.” She stands quickly and I know that look in her eye as she squeezes her butt cheeks together while she runs across the room to the bathroom. Fortunately, it’s the only room that has four walls and a door.
She lets out a blood-curdling scream and my heart drops.
“What? Lizzy?” I race over to the door. “Lizzy? Are you ok?”
“I’m fine,” she calls through the door. “The toilet seat shifted, and I thought I was falling off the toilet. Most terrifying thing ever. One moment, you’re feeling safe and confident, the next you’re reaching out for anything to prevent your ass from falling in toilet water. Terrifying.”
“I’m done with you.”
“Doubtful.”
Still on edge, I walk back over to the window and look for the little bird, but it’s gone. Did something eat it? A cat shrieks from the garbage can, startling me and doing nothing for my nerves. The garbage can lid is still rocking back and forth from where the cat just jumped on it, presumably to get away from the dog lurking around. It’s a massive dog.
“So, what do you want to do for the next couple of hours?”
“Hours? You mean days? Do you have a long- term plan, or is it to keep me locked up in here forever?”
“I have a plan. However, the length of time of said plan is uncertain. I don’t want to leave you locked up, but I want to protect you Ev. You’re my bitch and if anyone tried to hurt you. I’d…kill them. Have you called your parents yet? Your brother?”
“And tell them what? That I may have been drunk at a sex club and after being tied up in rope on stage, I may have created a light ball in my hand when a troll was trying to drag me to his underground lair to make me his wife.”
“That’s right! I forgot about the rope!”
“Will you focus?”
“Yes, of course I will. After you tell me about the rope, you little kinky fucker. No wonder why the troll wanted you.”
“It was interesting. At first I was nervous, but Knox… he was great.”
Her brows peak, “Knox… was great?”
“He was my partner.”
“Go on.”
“There isn’t much to tell.” A warm wave passes through my body and my stomach tightens at the memory of his hands brushing against my skin.
“Lies! Dirty little lies! I can smell your arousal just thinking about him.”
