A Million Dollar Lie: Watch Me Leave

Hilary from a feverish, restless sleep. He

the broken bracelet on the nightstand. The memories of

unsteady, needing a glass of water. When she op

on was colder than any business suit. He was tossi

id, blocking the door

sped, her voice hoarse. She tried to push

e bracelet. "Then maybe you can explain this. Why were you at the h

f a prosecutor, dem

t was staggering. He, the liar, wa

he pain, and the sickness all coalesced i

sound on the edge of hysteria. "Why don't you go ask your Annabe

eplaced by a momentary, stunned freeze. He was

k was nothing but a

tter fraud! You make me sick!" she shrieked, the w

o her, it didn't look like guilt, but the raw ang

ted?" His voice was ice.

forcing her to back away into the room. "I warned yo

shattered completely. She grabbed the water g

hed against the wall behind him, ex

orward and seizing her wrists. His grip was lik

" she screamed, thrashing wildly, kic

composure, was gone. She was a cornered an

elled, trying

her teeth into the back of the hand that held her wri

escaped his lips, and his g

e of his blood f

ks on his hand, his eyes turning dark and dan

pain, he flung her

ak and unsteady from her fever, stumbling

scaped her li

any nightstand caught

rything cut to black. She was unconscious before she even hit the floor, her b

irst thought was that this was just another act. A

et up," he commanded, his v

ompletely concealed the corner of the nightstand.

own anger and convinced she had merely thrown herself to the floor in a dramatic sulk, he refused to gi