Chapter 5

The entire ride to the hotel, Bella's thoughts were a relentless assault.

One minute, she was weeping and begging.

The next, she was screaming threats and curses, painting gruesome pictures of what would happen to me.

She was desperate for me to follow her script, just like last time.

I just cleaned out my ear with my pinky, acting completely oblivious.

[Daisy? Can you hear me? Why are you ignoring me?]

[I know you can hear me! You changed my cushion, so you must have heard me! You can hear me, right?]

[How can you not hear me? I know…