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An ambulance driving by woke Lana after an unexpected slumber. When Xyrus left her alone in the apartment, it suddenly felt cold and lonely. She had run from one room to the next, looking in every closet and under her bed, fearful that Danny had found her.

Once she was satisfied that she was alone, she did what she always did when Dan found her—she pulled her suitcase from the closet and began to throw her things in, ready to hit the road and run again. It had never been difficult, but this time was different. When she thought of leaving the friends she had made, and job she was growing to love, Lana decided she wasn’t ready to go.

It was an emotional battle, one she lost to her bout of tears and frantic screams. When she finally threw the suitcase from the bed, she collapsed with exhaustion. It wasn’t until she finally woke up that she realized how tired she was.

After Dan showed up at the charity event, Lana stayed up through the night—first arguing with him, and then finding a