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I was out here, far away from reality, having sex and sleeping in. And my sister was somewhere, in danger… or worse.
I covered my face with my hands, and my heart sank, dragging me down. My chest felt hollow, my heart beat slow and heavy, and I closed my eyes again. I could sleep forever, and it wouldn’t be enough.
I didn’t feel like I’d slept at all.
“Lorraine?” a deep voice called, and I lifted my head. The sun fell through the window at a different angle. I must have fallen asleep again.
I blinked at Ash, who stood at the door to my room. “Ash?”
He nodded slowly, his blue eyes boring into me.
I sat up, and his eyes slid over my body. I was wearing the T-shirt I’d been kidnapped in. It and my robe were the only things I still had from home.
“I have to go home,” I said in a creaky voice.
Ash looked into my eyes again. “You can’t go.”
“I have to,” I said, raising my voice. “My sister needs me.”
Ash shook his head. “I’m sorry, Lorraine. You can’t leave yet.”
“So I’m supposed to be your prisoner, is that it?” I snapped. “You saved me from the others, only to keep me here as your pet?”
Ash’s face darkened. “Have I treated you badly?”
He was right—he hadn’t done anything to make me feel like a prisoner. I was free to leave if I really wanted. I knew I could walk out that door. But I feared the outside world.
I was the one who was choosing to stay.
“No,” I finally answered, adding in a smaller voice, “I worry about what they did to her after they lost me.”
Ash pursed his lips.
“Help me get back home,” I said. “Or help me find a phone. Anything—I just need to find out what’s going on with her.”
“I can’t help you, Lorraine,” Ash said curtly, turning away from me.
“That’s it?” I asked, getting off the bed. I followed him to the front door. “You’re just going to leave me here like this?”
“I can’t stay,” he said.
Dammit, that’s all he ever said! “Because you have stuff to take care of, right?” I demanded.
“Right,” he said.
I shook my head. “I just want to know if she’s alright. Haven’t you ever known someone who was in danger? Haven’t you ever needed help?”
Ash’s face hardened. “You and I are not the same. I can’t relate to your troubles, and I’m pretty damn sure you can’t relate to mine.”
“What does that have to do with anything?”
Ash only shook his head and left the cabin again.
I wanted to run after him, demand to know what the hell was going on. I wanted him to talk to me, to help me, to save me.
But he’d already done all of that, hadn’t he? He wasn’t obligated to do it anymore. Hell, he hadn’t even been obligated to do what he’d already done.
Despite knowing he didn’t owe me anything, I was still furious with him, but I knew what it was that I felt.
