Surrounded by Darkness by Rachel Dylan

Author:Rachel Dylan [Dylan, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781641970501

On Saturday, Olivia had a meeting with a new potential client who had sent her a cryptic email. She had said in the note that it was important they met soon, so Olivia had made the time. She hadn’t asked Jess to come in on the weekend, but Olivia didn’t have any issues with it. Spending almost ten years as a BCR lawyer, she often worked weekends and long hours.

Right at ten o’clock on the dot, the door opened, and she went to meet Katy Leonard.

“You must be Katy?” Olivia provided her hand to the pretty, young blonde.

“Yes. Thanks for meeting me.” Katy turned and closed the office door. “Are we safe here?”

“Yes.” That was the first thing that let Olivia know this was serious.

“Can you lock the door? Especially since it’s the weekend. You’re not expecting anyone else, are you?” Katy’s voice shook as she spoke.

“Just you.” A sense of unease washed over Olivia, and she locked the door before turning her attention back to Katy. “Can I get you anything? Coffee, water, tea?”

“Water would be great.”

Olivia went to their mini fridge then gave Katy the bottle. “Come on into my office.”

Katy followed her and took a seat. She clenched the water bottle tightly. A tell-tell sign of nerves.

“Katy, take a deep breath and get comfortable. No one is going to harm you here.”

“I know logically that’s right, but it’s a lot harder than you may think to feel safe.”

Olivia looked into Katy’s light brown eyes that were full of fear. “Please start at the beginning. I need to know everything in order to best help you.”

Katy drank some water before setting the bottle down on Olivia’s desk. “I met this guy about six months ago. At first, things were amazing. He was super handsome, had a great job, wonderful personality. Basically, he was like the total package. He told me ran a company that did really well, but we never got into a lot of details about his work. Mainly, he was focused on me, and always was very attentive.”

“All right.” Olivia took down some basic notes. She knew enough to realize that this dream guy was going to turn out to be a nightmare.

“He was a bit older than me, but I’ve always been mature for my age, and I was so tired of dating deadbeats who didn’t have jobs or were still living at home.”

“And how old are you?”

“I’m twenty-eight.”

“So you’re with the guy and things are going well.”

Katy nodded. “Yeah. He bought me nice gifts, and he always knew the right thing to say. I was swept off my feet.” Katy looked down. “But then we didn’t see each other for a few months. When he called me a couple of weeks ago, that’s when things started to change.”

“How so?” Olivia feared it would be a similar story to all the others she heard.

“He started getting really possessive and jealous. He wanted to know my whereabouts all the time, who I was texting, everything. It was like my dream guy became my worst nightmare.

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