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Chapter 36

SHE start to cover her mouth but realize it will only make the claustrophobia worse, so I go for her sternum again.

"Breathe, baby. In out. You're safe. It was a dream just a dream kitten."

She lets out a tremendous whimper, and I roll her to her back to see her face in the dark. Her arms loop around my neck, and she clings to me, trembling. I rub her back.

"Shhh, baby you're okay. I'm not going to let anyone hurt you."

As quickly as she turned to me, she pulls away, scrambling off the bed and onto her feet.

I follow her up. "Kylie."

She ignores me and paces back and forth, her shoulders hunched, her head bent like she's thinking hard.

She's rejecting my help. Fighting her problems on her own as she has since she was just a teen. Maybe all her life. I want her to come back to me. Desperately but I dont know how to get through.

"You saw your dad's murder."

She stops pacing, and her breath leaves her with a whoosh.

"In the Louvre? Where were you? In an air duct?"

Her knees buckle, and
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