ring glass echoed i

o Chloe' s side. "You an

his face contorted with

ody tense. But his eyes were fi

Ava!" he

ed to two security guards w

sure she can' t h

throat. "Ethan, no! Y

ed my arms, thei

s having me forcibly

oked up, a malicious glin

lone. To cool off. To think." Her voice was deceptively soft.

. I knew wha

he walls of the room

"Please, Ethan. Not a small room. I ca

Oh, please. More

e. He didn' t look at

o the guard

ted to dr

ss. The co

mot

always lur

oom. Mom, on the floor, her

eading. Then

with her. The smell.

n' t just a fear. It

o a small, windowless ro

r shut.

awed at

e door. "Let m

ans

sed in. I cou

s. Suff

s face, pal

, gasping, tears st

or was a

ost me

ut of a haze of fe

w from screaming

sound of

r creak

d in the doorway. Not

ering. A smell of stale cigarette

he room. The door

e rasped. "Chloe Vance sends her rega

od ran

ved c

to make sure you re

ns were sick

t just co

mething far