Exit Plan by Sheri Landry

Author:Sheri Landry
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781989366097
Publisher: Sheri Landry

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Jessa

A gentle movement beside me wakes me up. Staying still, I shift my eyes to look at the man wrapped around me and I take him in with a deep breath.

I’ve dreamt about this for years. What it would feel like to be in his arms again.

Dropping my focus to his chest; I watch it rise and fall, steadily. He’s still asleep.

The room is bright as the glow of the full moon peaks in and stretches itself across the bed, almost reaching our faces. If I shift down a bit, I’d be able to see it out the window, but I don’t want to wake him.

Sharing what I remember of my time with Maxwell lifted a weight off me. For the longest time, I wanted to tell Dana, but couldn’t bring myself to. I know she feels responsible for me being taken. Knowing about this would crush her.

But something about sharing it with Jack feels right. He is a deep part of me. He always has been.

I imagine me not remembering my time with Maxwell must kill him.

It bothers me too, but for different reasons.

I don’t remember some vital parts of my time. Something took over and threw me into auto-pilot, and I don’t know how I was ever able to make contact with Dana and Zane. Did I give anything away? I had access to their servers to make the connection. Did I see anything while I was there that could help end his whole ordeal? Did he say anything to me that could be useful?

For all my remaining days, I’ll never forget the look on Max’s face when he stood in front of me for the first time since my parents died. It was like he wasn’t there anymore.

It wasn’t a lack of emotion, it was more like a furious overload. It was barely contained insanity.

Looking back, I think my connection to Zane is the only thing that kept me alive when Max had me. Actually, it didn’t even do that. I left out one part the doctor shared with me because I honestly don’t think Jack would be able to function with that information.

Just before the men came to transport me back, the doctor told me to do everything I could to make sure I never ended up in Maxwell’s clutches again. He was scared for me, and for a stranger on the Sparr payroll to be that terrified for someone he didn’t even know sent chills through my body. He wouldn’t give me any further details beyond the fact that my heart had stopped. I had essentially died at Maxwell’s hands at some point.

I can never let myself be captured again. Even worse, I can’t allow Dana to be caught up in this.

Without the weak amount of protection Zane gives us, we only have each other and I became determined to be everything Dana and I needed. I increased our security after this happened and practiced self defense online.

I’m terrified, and I don’t even know what I’m scared of because I don’t remember most of it.

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