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act must have been noticed, because Walker’s arms were immediately wrapped around my waist, and I was all but lifted out of the tub like a child.
    I allowed him to care for me by draping a towel over my shoulders, and was then pulled against his partially covered body, with a chaste kiss pressed against my lips. “You stay in here. I’ll be back in a minute, I promise.”
    In a hope to eliminate the ring in my ears and the swaying of double vision after he closed the door behind him, leaving me alone in the hazy bathroom, I perched my trembling body on the edge of the bath and lowered my head between my knees. In that moment, the horrid reality of how unnerving my days would be from that point on, hit me directly. I had never feared running into someone so much, or feared being with someone and them getting hurt because of me. One thing I already knew was that Liam had walking cameras spying on me. There wasn’t one place I’d be able to go and enjoy freely without fear of ramifications.
    Despite his unawareness that I remembered the magnitude of our volatile relationship, and what he had done to me, I felt, in some sense, that I was finally free from him and his control. Yet reality, and how my body reacted to the mere chance of running into him, reminded me that I was still his prisoner.
    Hastily drying my body, I pulled on the white pair of boxers and T-shirt and stood with my ear against the bathroom door. The cold wet surface seemed to throb against my intently listening ear, while my heart was felt drumming in my throat.
    “So you finally opened up. What took you so long?” Finally, a voice which I recognized graced my ears, and for the first time since hearing the door knock, I was able to breathe. With a calming sigh, the bathroom door was pulled open, and I tread quietly down the hallway.
    “I’m standing here soaking wet in a towel, and you ask me what’s taken so long? Really?”
    “Shut up!” he was countered by the lively voice as I approached the end of the hall. “So how did it go last night? Any progress? I really hope she’s okay, I’ve been tearing my hair out with worry all night.”
    With my arms folded across my chest, I craned my head around the corner to the wall along my right, to the sofa. “Mornin’,” I smiled. Unsuspecting of my presence, the petite woman jumped a mile in the air, causing both Walker, who was standing just beyond the coffee table, and me, to grin inanely at her reaction.
    “Kady,” she gasped, prior to the Irishman taking the brunt end of her gaping and abrupt questioning. “What happened? What have I missed?”
    Over the creaking floorboards, with a smile, I walked and settled under Walker’s arm before putting my friend out of her misery. “I remember, Laurie. I still have questions, but the big picture…I remember.”
    If I’d had a camera at my disposal, the expression Laurie was sporting would have been snapped up within an instant. With her mouth agape, her hazel eyes flared and animated, she looked both pleased and utterly stunned at the same time. “I–I have no idea what to say, when did this happen?” she eventually managed to choke out.
    It was my turn to look just as perplexed as my friend. I opened my mouth, although struggled to find words to speak, ones to explain. The draping of Walker’s arm over my shoulder drew me further into his hard muscle. It was a gesture equally gentle and reassuring; One which almost silently asked permission to talk for me. I offered my unspoken answer by nestling further against his body.
    “Long story,” he said simply with his lips gradually lowering to settle on my head. Releasing me from under his arm, he spoke one word, “Coffee?”
    “Any chance of something stronger? My nerves are still shot.”
    Laurie frowned. “Nerves? Why? What else has happened?”
    Good grief, for such a small thing, Laurie didn’t half ask a lot of questions. She was placed under our direct attention as we turned