Completed ✔️ ~ "You know lying to a police officer is still a charge, right, Miss Mills?" Officer Casey's tone hadn't changed, but something in his gaze had. Silence hung like a thick smoke as Lane's tongue stuck to the roof of her mouth. No right answer. He drove in silence for a bit. 'He's too calm'. "I don't know what you want me to say, I'm sorry." Lane's voice was close to a whisper. They passed a gas station she didn't recognize. The inside was dark, like it had been closed for a long time. Lane's chest tightened. Something felt very wrong. "Where are we going?" She asked finally, voice tighter than she meant it to be. That earned her a sharp and fleeting glance, the corner of his mouth turning up like he was in on a joke she wasn't. "I'll get you where you need to go. Don't worry." Lane didn't answer. Because she no longer believed it. ~ All Lane is trying to do is survive in a world that's already failed her. After a childhood spent bouncing between homes, a steady job, a place to lay her head, and a beater to take her from Point A to Point B were the small things she'd fought for. Lane was trying -- she really was. Her life was finally hers, and she intended to keep it that way. But of course, as the saying goes, "Men plan, God laughs." All it took was a glance. Lane froze. And then she ran. It wasn't supposed to be her problem. But the moment those eyes caught hers, she was thrust into a world she'd always tried to avoid. The life that she fought so hard for was about to be turned on its head. And she'll have to do more than keep quiet to make it out alive.
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