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enough to smell him was the night he took me and the fire is doused by ice water. It is sad I have to keep telling myself that I can’t be attracted to this man and it pisses me off that my body refuses to listen. Or maybe I am pissed off because I can’t be attracted to him when I so obviously am. I shove him away and I fall back at the same time, hitting my tailbone on the counter top.
       “I have to use the bathroom,” I say flatly. He just stands there looking at me, not registering at all what I just said. “I’d rather not have an audience.”
       “Oh, uh…sure,” he says and shuts the door behind him when he leaves.
       Holy crazy hormones! I have got to learn how to control them around that man. I hate him . I chant in my head to myself over and over. He kidnapped me. He isn’t sane. You can’t be attracted to someone you hate.
       But he is so freaking SEXY! And how he picked me up and carried me back because my feet were hurt? Swoon.
       He only did that because you were taking too long to get back from your failed escape .
       Ok, then why did he doctor me all up?
       If you get an infection from those cuts, he can’t take you to the hospital. Now can he? So if he didn’t and they did get infected, then you could have gotten gangrene and died. Then there would be no ransom to collect .
       Gah, I hate it when my reasonable side wins arguments. She isn’t any fun. However, I can’t deny that she is right. Then, Jennifer’s words from earlier come back to me.
       “He is without a home or a job. His mother may lose her home. She depends on him to support her and without his job, he can’t.”
       If he supports his mother then he can’t be that bad of a guy. What made him stoop to kidnapping?
       “Seeing as how it’s your family’s fault.”
       “A desperate man will do drastic things to care of those he loves.”
       I have to know what Lynkin thinks my father has done to him. I take a deep breath for courage and open the bathroom door. Jennifer and Lynkin are sitting at the table.
       “What do…?” Before I can even get the question out, Lynkin interrupts.
       “Jennifer is going to stay here with you for a couple of hours,” he states as he stands up.
       “Where are you going?” Jennifer and I both ask.
       He glares at me and says, “Don’t worry about it.”
       “I have to be at work in an hour. You can’t just leave.”
       “Fine I’ll be back before your shift then. I just need to get out for a while,” Lynkin explains with a wink.
       She gives in then and sinks back into her chair. I, on the other hand, am not going to give up so easily. “You can’t leave me here with, with…her,” I say pointing over at her.
       “What the fuck is that supposed to mean?” Jen asks, now on her feet in a defensive position.
       “It means I don’t want to be stuck in this room with someone like you.” I say.
       “Please, do tell. What does ‘someone like me’ mean?”
       “A girl with no respect for herself.” I motion at her up and down. “Look at how you dress. Then, take in account that you are willing to throw your entire life away for someone like Lynkin, just so he will pay you some attention.”
        “You BITCH!” Jennifer screams at me as she, yet again, charges for me. Lynkin grabs her by the elbow and guides her butt back in her chair. The whole time her anger filled eyes stay on me.
       “Do you want beaten to a pulp? Because I’m starting to think so!” he yells so loud that I jump. I shake my head no at him, and he lets out a bitter laugh. “I guess we will find out soon enough, huh? Jen, try not to hurt her. I’ll be back.” Then, he turns and walks out the door without as much as a backwards glance.
       I pull my eyes from the door and back to Jennifer. Now, I wished I hadn’t. The look she is giving me went from angry to completely ruthless in the matter of seconds.
       I open and