ching the small box of emergency contraception like it was a grenade. She wore ove

coupon for fabric softener. Bronwyn tapped h

he counter, the clerk scan

iped her d

lin

up her neck. "Try it

lin

ds, honey," the c

rd she kept for emergencies. It went through. She g

ave water. She popped the pill into her mouth and swal

hone

it out. Unk

lars. I don't have

slipped from her finger

xt followed

lice matron. Also, the bill for the rug

n out to buy a pill she didn't need, just to teach her a lesson. He had watched her, or had her wat

assive, overwhelming wave of

box, and tossed it into a trash can

. Now she just had t

eo. He should be out of h

And rang.

cem

me back. I'

gnored her calls. Even w

ndline at their a

Chloe, thei

on the first rin

where are you? The po

d spinning. The noise

t? W

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nin

he blood drain

ming,"

ing the cost. "The 19th

ny Assault New York sentencing." The resu

re was a crowd. Cameras. Microphones. Jenni

e mob. A flash went off i

Mr. Bowen over your broken engagement?" a repor

r shoulder to shove past a cameraman

sitting on a wooden bench like

nose. His eye was slightly

er and s

im. "Drop the charges. Yo

"He's nineteen, Bronwyn. He's an adult in

" Bronwyn hissed. "He

r. He smelled of expen

nings leaned down, his voice dropping to a w

nnings smiled. "Sign the N