ven o'cloc
as wearing a faded cotton t-shirt, aggressively rubbing a towel thr
one suddenly vibrated violently. The
it up and s
m's executive assistant filled her ear. "Mr. Grah
he window, and pulled bac
massive, gleaming black Lincoln Navigator. I
ll," Amy said flatly,
day," the assistant said quickly, dropping the b
the phone. The plastic cas
e boy with the bleeding knee, looking
e towel onto the sofa, grabbed her trench
d into the suffocating, leathe
aving the gritty streets behind and entering the pri
penthouse. The space was a monument to cold,
hair, rushed forward. His face was lined with genuine dis
slightly. "The young master has locked himse
der Amy's skin. It was a brutal reminder that
of professional indifference. "I am a cardiac s
eps sounded
erfect dress shirt was unbuttoned at the collar, the sleeves rolled up to h
"Go up there and look at him," Beckham said, his voice hoarse and desperate, stripp
rowed in deep suspicion at this
e heavy scent of tobacco and m
ck in his iron facade. "Are you going to le
e her freedom, Amy marched past him, her slippers slapping against the hard oak stairs as she c
astic cracking sound of toys
and turned the brass doorkn
f expensive picture books and shattered Le
evin was curled into a tight ball, hold
one step in
vy plastic Transformer and hurle
inch and shattering against the doorframe. His face turned
ced her hand flat against Beckham's hard che
voice low and absolute. "D
uld crack. But he looked past her at the trembling boy
d behind her back, grabbed the doorknob, and
hoed in the room, sealing her inside wi
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