Enticed:A Dangerous Connection (Secrets) by Carlson Melody

Author:Carlson, Melody [Carlson, Melody]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Navpress
Published: 2013-04-15T04:00:00+00:00

… [CHAPTER 12]………………

It’s not until Tuesday that I’m let out of my cage again. It’s very hard to keep up my act, pretending like all this is okay. And yet it’s the only way to win their trust. And for some reason — a reason that’s nearly escaped me at the moment — this still seems important.

“There’s some food in the kitchen,” Tatiana blandly informs me as she walks away.

I mumble a quiet thank-you and go into the bathroom, which has actually been cleaned, and there I gulp down some water and then take a shower. I’m not sure if it’s my imagination or the nasty mattress I’ve been sleeping on, but I’m all itchy and rashy now, like something has been biting me.

After I shower, I put on my little black dress — only because it’s cleaner than the shorts and T-shirt I’ve been wearing 24/7. And I put my damp hair into a ponytail. Then I go out to search for food. The whole house seems tidier, then I remember that someone was supposed to come in to clean on Monday morning.

I open the fridge to see there is some food, and I wonder who provided it. Maybe the cleaning lady. Anyway, I eat some peach yogurt and some orange juice and a banana and begin to feel almost human again.

“There you are,” Jimmy says. “Just the girl I’m looking for.”

I give him a slightly blank look as I drop the banana peel and yogurt container into the trash. I know I should be handling myself and my emotions better, but I’m so exhausted.

“Marcia just gave me a message for you.” He waves a piece of paper in front of me like a flag.

“What’s that?” Suddenly I’m hoping for the impossible — that Marcia has come to her senses and decided to set me free.

“Marcia wants you to know that so far everyone is okay.” He examines the paper. “She says not to worry and that Ginnie Fremont is just fine.”

I try not to look surprised that they know my mom’s first name.

“And Michelle Diedericks and Trista and Leo and Lacy Burk are all fine too.” He gives me a questioning look.

But I just shrug. “Why wouldn’t they be?”

He slowly smiles. “Exactly. That’s just what I told Marcia. You’ve given no reason for anyone to retaliate against anyone. And I’m sure that’s how it will continue to go.”

I can’t show him how disturbing it is to hear everyone’s full names and this not-so-veiled threat just as I’m plotting to escape from here. I’m sure that’s why Marcia gave him that information. Just to keep me in my place. And although part of me questions whether or not Marcia and her goons would actually carry out their evil threats, I know I have to go about this very carefully now. These people are not to be taken lightly. And they want me to know it.

Instead of reacting, I hold out my bare arm, showing Jimmy the red spots I’ve gotten.

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