Chapter 83

• Once she stepped into the bungalow, Emerald headed directly for the nearest couch, collapsing onto it without a care.
• For a fleeting minute, she relished the peace as her racing thoughts slowed. But as soon as her eyes closed, memories of the earlier harrowing encounter flooded back, prompting her to leap from the couch and sit cross-legged on the soft floor.
• Staring blankly at the idle TV screen, she contemplated the risks Andrew and she had taken. Initially, she imagined how brutal it could have been had someone other than Dylan seen them together. Then, she concluded that Dylan was indeed a psycho. The way he spoke suggested he had witnessed Andrew and her in an intimate moment, and that was downright sickening.