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had brought me into the room said from behind me.
     
    Flicking my head to the side to try to get a look at him was a bad idea as my entire brain felt like it burst at the quick movement. I squeezed my hands into fists to avoid making any noises to let the jerk know he’d caused me pain without even trying.
     
    “Why don’t you come around here so I can look at who my torturer will be this fine day?” I asked.
     
    “Ah, but don’t you recognize my voice?”
     
    “Nope.” I shrugged. “Should I?”
     
    I listened as heavy steps slowly moved around me until a long, lanky body came into view, and I instantly knew who it was.
     
    “No. It was you this whole time? Why are you here now? Didn’t you just turn me over to Michele’s people and then be done with it?” I spit out questions as fast as they entered my head. I would never in a million years have pegged Sheriff Aaron as breaking the law. He couldn’t be an enforcer. I would’ve recognized him. It just wasn’t possible, was it?
     
    “Well, that’s sort of a long story,” he said as he picked up a power drill off the tray. Seeing him examine different bits had me tensing. Holding one up, surveying it, then putting it down to look at another one. Finally, he selected one and slid it into the barrel of the drill then turned to look at me. “Well, we weren’t initially here for you. We were here taking care of another idiot who thought they could get away. Then look at who falls right into our lap. I’d already killed off the good ol’ sheriff so I thought I’d keep playing the part. No one around here seemed to notice the switch anyway. Then again, we do look quite alike, being brothers and all. Nothing a haircut, shave and tan couldn’t fix.”
     
    He killed off his brother? What the hell? How’d no one noticed the sheriff had changed?
     
    “A faked accident to cover the supposed loss of memory,an d voil à , the perfect cover. Add in a sick little crush by a manager, and I had the perfect way to get my girl when the time was right. All I had to do was promise him he’d get some alone time with you once I got some questions answered. Too bad he won’t ever get that chance,” Aaron said with a sinister smile. “No one touches my girl but me.”
     
    I watched as he walked back around me where I couldn’t see him anymore. Every time he flared the drill to live, I jumped. Even when I tried not to, I did. I couldn’t help it. When his fingers slid through my hair, I gritted my teeth so I wouldn’t yank my head away in disgust.
     
    “I must say that I do like the new color on you. Looks much better than that crappy bland brown you always had before. Longer is so much more fun, too. More to grab onto and hold you with.” Aaron laughed and ran his fingers through my hair again. That time I did pull my head away in an attempt to get him to stop touching me like a lover would.
     
    “Oh, I wouldn’t do that if I were you, sunshine. I think you should be a lot nicer to me than you have been since you landed in this crappy little town. I was supposed to kill you right away, you know. It would’ve been quick and painless. You see, I’ve been watching you for a very long time. I was tempted to steal you away from Michele a long time ago, but that would’ve just caused a big, dirty affair. Before I could even figure out how I was going to get you to leave him, you went and did something so incredibly stupid…”
     
    I cut him off.
     
    “I didn’t do shit! Michele is the one who was stupid. He is the one who decided to kill the man he’d invited over to fuck me without telling me. He is the one who wanted to watch someone else fuck his wife then got so insanely jealous he killed him when he touched me. He was the one who forced me to then stand by, covered in blood, while he had his men come in to clean up his mess. Then, and only then, was I allowed to shower and clean the dried blood off myself. And when I decided that I didn’t want