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Each word was spoken softly as his eyes bore into her.
    “I can’t. They’ll hear the lies in my words.”
    The phone stopped ringing, but Nathan continued to tower over her. She couldn’t look away from him. The image of a rabbit caught in headlights came to her mind and she pushed it away. She was no rabbit. But still she continued to meet his eyes, even though she wanted so badly to look away.
    The phone started to ring again and Nathan glanced at it. His lips thinned. Alyssa was relieved to be able to look away. She had felt like a butterfly on a pin board.
    “Send the text and get that damn thing off.” He strode to the armchair and dropped into it.
    Alyssa stared at her phone until it fell silent. She quickly typed in,
Heading out of town with friends. Will ring in a week or two
, and sent it before they could ring again. As soon as it came up as sent, she turned off her phone.
    “Throw it over here,” Nathan said.
    Alyssa looked at her phone, then over at Nathan. She shook her head. “I can’t. I can’t throw.”
    Nathan looked at her in disbelief. “Too bad. Throw it over. Now.”
    “I need you to text Erin for a few days. I don’t want her to worry yet.”
    Nathan stared at her for a few minutes before he rose to his feet again. When he stood in front of her, he held out his hand. Alyssa reluctantly handed her phone to him. He turned and threw it so it landed on the armchair. Alyssa held her breath as it bounced and hoped it wouldn’t fall off. She looked up at him when the phone came to rest safely on the armchair. He grabbed the handcuff and pulled on her arm so he could snap it onto the frame of the bed head.
    “Please, Nathan? It’ll benefit you. She won’t raise the alarm if she’s getting messages from me.”
    “I’d think you’d want the alarm raised as quickly as possible.”
    “I’m going to die before dawn, aren’t I?” Alyssa was grateful for the numbness that filled her body. It even helped mute the scream.
    “Doesn’t that bother you?” Nathan frowned.
    “You’re too fresh in Erin’s mind. Give it a few more days and you’ll be the last person she’ll think of when she no longer receives messages from me.”
    “Just like that? You accept you’re going to die so you’ll make sure your friend is protected.” Nathan’s eyes searched her face. “Have you been planning a suicide?”
    Instead of answering and risk he’d hear a lie, Alyssa asked, “Haven’t you ever thought of it? Wondered if it might be easier to give up?”

Chapter Five
    Nathan shook his head. “Never. I’d fight even against impossible odds. I guess that explains many things. But you’re staying chained to the bed. Just because you’re willing to die, doesn’t mean you’ll like our choice of death for you.”
    “You were going to answer my questions.”
    “You haven’t asked any.”
    “Why am I here? And don’t just tell me to die. Tell me everything. Who am I going to tell? And if I understand it, we have a few hours to fill. I believe I’m stuck here till some time around midnight.” Alyssa fought to hold onto the numbness. She needed to learn everything about her situation. Maybe there was something in it she could use to escape. Anything. Hope was sometimes a desperate creature that beat bloody wings against a glass cage while the world outside mocked with its nearness.
    Nathan sat on the bed beside her. Once again he stared at her. Alyssa met his gaze steadily. She kept her mind empty and hoped it’d help her achieve the same emotionless look she saw in Nathan’s eyes.
    “Brian, my father, and I are in property development. A couple of years ago we hired a manager and left the majority of the running in his and the accountant’s hands. They had impeccable references. I guess you can’t trust anyone these days.”
    “What has this got to do with me being here?”
    “You did tell me you wanted to hear everything. Have you changed your mind?”
    Alyssa shook her head.