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anything more, Nate grabbed my wrist and pressed his mouth against mine. This was going too far, and he was starting to scare me.
    “Nate, stop,” I said, pushing him away from me.
    “What? What is it? I thought you liked me.”
    “I do like you. But I don’t want to be with you. You can’t just come in here and—”
    “And what? What can’t I do?” he said, rising onto his knee and pressing himself against me, pushing me back against the couch. My heart started to race. This was all happening so fast. I was still trying to wrap my head around the fact that Nate was here in L.A. and not thousands of miles away. And not only that, but he was being creepy as hell. I was in the house all alone. What was he going to do? I looked around for my phone, but I had left it on the stand by the door, out of reach.
    “Stop!” I finally yelled, panic rising in my chest and tears springing to my eyes.
    “All right, all right. I’ll stop,” he said. “But I don’t like liars. Remember that,” he said, pointing directly into my face.
    “I’m not a liar,” I said, my voice trembling.
    “Like hell you aren’t,” he hissed. “I saw you out there with that other guy. And then you get on the phone with me and tell me you don’t want to see me because of some distance? Bullshit.”
    “Nate, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to deceive you, I’m just confused,” I said. I wasn’t sorry, but I was terrified of what he might do, so I tried my best to placate him.
    “Well, don’t worry about it, little lady. I got what I came here for,” he said, then reached over to put his hand up my shirt.
    “Stop it!” I screamed, my fear mixing with fury so quickly that I grew dizzy.
    Nate just laughed. “Yeah, I’ll stop. But only because I want to,” he snarled, then got up and walked out the door.
    I sat on the couch, staring after him in shock and disbelief. What should I do? Should I call the police? Should I call Hunter? No, Hunter would just be furious and go looking for him, and that could only make things worse. My hands were shaking uncontrollably. I took a deep breath. I had to calm down.
    First, I got up and made sure the door was locked, and all of the windows. Then I got out my phone and called Betsy. She answered after only a few rings.
    “Hey, girl!” she said cheerfully. “What’s up?”
    “Hey, Betsy. Something really weird just happened. Can you come pick me up?”
    “Oh my God, yes, of course,” she exclaimed, her tone instantly changing. “Are you all right? Do you need anything?”
    “No no, I’m OK. But if you could just come as quickly as you can that would help.”
    “Of course. I’ll be right there.”
    Betsy hung up, and I sat on the couch, staring straight ahead of me, trying to wrap my mind around what just happened. Nate came all the way here just to act like that? To scare me? Looking back, I guessed he had seemed a little controlling now and again, and I knew he wasn’t happy about my moving away. But this was all very sudden and too weird to understand. And what could he have meant about getting what he came for?
    I shook my head, unable to comprehend the whole situation. I knew I wouldn’t figure it out, either, just by sitting there and thinking about it. The only thing I could do was to go to Betsy’s and make sure I was safe. I went upstairs and packed a bag, hoping she would arrive soon.

Chapter Nine
Hunter
    T he next day Anna called me bright and early to see if I still wanted to go to the beach. I told her of course I still wanted to go. Miss an opportunity to see her in a skimpy bathing suit? I don’t think so.
    I was a little put off that I hadn’t been able to talk to her about the things that had happened in my life since she was gone, but I figured I’d be able to soon enough. I was just going to have to find the right way to tell her, so that she wouldn’t be freaked out by it. Of course, there wasn’t going to be any easy way to say what I needed to say. And even if