79. Investigations

Abigail Hayes

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George screeched to a stop, making my eyes go wide. “We’re in the middle of the road!” I exclaimed.

“Didn’t you think about that before you decided to threaten me while I was driving?”

“T-threaten?” I stuttered.

He pulled over to the side and unbuckled his seat belt before he turned to properly look at me. “Of course. That’s a threat. What do you mean by that? Are you saying you want to leave me?”

When he put it like that, it sounded bad. I just thought we needed a little space from each other so we could clear our heads. “I didn’t say that.” I defended myself. “I was just asking. Besides, my lease hasn’t expired.”

George looked offended. “So you want to go back to your apartment.”

I took a deep breath. When we got together, we never expected the possibility of losing the one thing that tied us together. “I’m not leaving for good.”

“You’re not leaving at all.” He concluded and I stared at him in surprise.

“Are you going to force me to stay?”

He stared at me and a bea