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“Abigail!”
Abby hears her name being called and she looks up, finding her mother and Irla. She was not in the least bit surprised to find that her father wasn't with them. She knew better than to expect him to come to along and welcome her home with open arms.
Running across the police station parking lot, Abby launched herelf into their arms. It has been six days since she has seen them and she truly missed them. Once they have her in their arms, both of them seem reluctant to let her go.
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Abby turns around to stare at her father in horror. “What are you doing here?” “I was coming to see my daughter and assure myself of her safe return. Instead I find her causing a scene, berating city officials and using language unbecoming a lady. Must you always be an embarrassment, Abigail?” Richard asks her, disdain in his every word. “If you are so embarrassed by me, then feel free to leave. I am fine. You've been seen and you have kept up appearances. There is really no need for you to be here an
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“What?” Abby looks over her shoulder at the man, with a deep frown on her face. Detective Garcia stands there, watching Abby with a frown. Behind him is her father, whom Abby doesn't even want to see. “Why not?” Abby demands of him. “Gabriel Davis still broke the law. There is no getting around that. I am the officer in charge of Mister Davis's case. If you want to tell me the story, maybe I will alter the charges against him, but officer Jones here has no authority in the matter concerning Mr. Davis.
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“Stockholm Syndrome? Um.. I am not familiar..” Abby shakes her head, confused. “I'm sorry but I don't think that I know what that it.” “Well, Miss Kensington, Stockholm Syndrome is a psychological condition in which the victim of a kidnapping or other related crime such as that identifies with and even empathize with their captor or abuser, going so far as to agree with or share their goals.” The detective tells her. “It is very rare but we do see it. Especially if you have a good looking guy as the kidnapper and a young, overly sheltered girl experiencing her first taste of freedom.”
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“You can still come with us, Abby. I would love to know that you are there for me, keeping Gabe company. He worries so much. I think that you would be such a nice distraction for him.” Liza continues, completely unaware that she had just completely shattered Abby's whole world and all of the beautiful illusions that she was under. “Actually, tomrrow was going to be hard for me to do anyways, I was just going to rearrange a few things to make sure that you were taken care of. But if Gabe has it covered, then I will leave it to him. But I will be sending good thoughts and prayers your way for a speedy recovery.” Abby tells Liza quietly.
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Over the next two days Lorenzo finds reasons to stop by and see Abby, usually staying a few hours to talk to her. He is nice enough to talk to and Abby enjoys the conversation, but she fears that he is reading more into it than there is, because he has gotten steadily more bold in his manner of flirting with her. He finds reasons or excuses to touch her, which ometimes makes her uncomfortable but he never takes it too far, or does anything inappropriate, so she does not let it bother her. Maybe she is just being overly sensitive to hi friendliness. She could be reading into things that are not even there. She because he is nice to her does not mean th
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