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“Let him go.”

“He can’t get away with this.”

“He won’t.” Derek hoped his promise wouldn’t become a lie. “Let’s take a look at you.” He leaned back so he could look her over, but she turned abruptly into his embrace, her body quaking with shock as Uniform’s boots continued to pound against the stairs.

“We should call security.” He held her close, needing the assurance that she was alive and well. He kept breathing in the soft clove scent of her shampoo, imagining they were back at their last campsite, under the stars. Anything to block that moment when he was sure she was going over the rail.

“We should.” Grace Ann didn’t move, her hands fisted in the fabric of his shirt as the sound of a door clanging open and closed echoed up the stairwell.

Would she be in a heap at the bottom of the stairwell if he hadn’t come along?

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