With that, my friends hung up. I was alone again with my thoughts now, which only meant that I would


    quickly spiral once more as I thought about Enzo. No matter how hard I tried not to think about it, I


    simply couldn’t help myself. I felt as though I lost him all over again, and this time it was for good.


    Surely he told Selena by now about what I did and she would take him away, never to return.


    If only I had just talked to him more when we had time alone. Maybe I could have made him remember


    his old life before it was toote, but instead I was an indecisive coward and blew it.


    As I leaned against the corner of a building and wiped the tears off of my face, I couldn’t help but notice


    a car driving down the street. Normally, I wouldn’t have paid any mind, but it was one o’clock in the


    morning already and they were driving incredibly slowly — not only that, but they wereing straight


    for me.


    I pushed myself off the wall of the building and squinted, straining to see if my friends had found a ride


    to bring them to me, but I couldn’t see into the car through the tinted windows.


    For some reason, seeing this car head toward me at this time of night made me uneasy. I decided,


    even in my drunken state, that this wasn’t safe and that I should walk away. But as I turned and picked


    up my pace, the car only sped up to meet me, and soon they were driving alongside me.


    I kept walking and staring straight ahead, but the driver rolled his window down anyway.


    “Hey, baby,” he said in a low, gravelly voice. “What’s a pretty thing like you doing out here all alone in


    the middle of the night?”


    I gritted my teeth and picked up my pace. “Go away,” I growled.


    The man in the carughed. I didn’t look at him, but I heard what sounded like two other voices


    laughing, which made me even more uneasy. I was outnumbered.


    I decided then to take a chance and peek over at the car, and I was right; there were three men in the


    car, including the driver. I didn’t recognize any of them, but they all looked rather scary. My first


    impression was that they were Crescents.


    “Come on, sweetheart!” the man in the passenger seat said, leaning forward to ogle at me through the


    window. “We’re just ying with you. Why don’t you chill out a little bit?”


    Chill out? I thought to myself, stifling a scoff. How was I supposed to be “chill” when I was being


    followed by three strange men in a ck car in the middle of the night?


    “Hey,” the driver said again, his car rolling alongside me as I continued to walk. “Come on. Just talk to


    us! We’re nice guys… Besides, it looks cold out here. I’ll let you ride in my car if you want.”


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    Instead of answering, I just kept walking — only now, I took my phone out to call Jessica again.


    The men, however, didn’t seem to like that. Suddenly, the car came to a screeching halt.


    I didn’t look back. Without wasting a moment, I picked up my pace and began to run again, my heart


    pounding in my chest. Behind me, all I could hear was the unmistakable sound of car doors mming


    and feet pounding on the sidewal