Page 102 of All I Want For Christmas

He wasgone.

And the only way forherto leave was gone.

She took another deep breath, pressing her hand to her chest.

What was going on? Why had he left without waking her up? He knew how she felt about being here without a way out. And she was supposed to leave today.Hewas supposed to take her out of here.Today.

But…she had the keys. He'd given them to her. Either he had another set, or he'd gone next door to the other cabin to get them.

He’d made the choice to go clear over to the other cabin, find the keys, write her a note, and leave without waking her up.

And now she was stranded here.

Her heart rate continued to accelerate as her thoughts spun.

He said he’d be back later. Of course, he would be. He lived here.

But he knew that she felt stuck here. She’d told him about her anxietyandwhy she felt that way. Then he’d given her those keys so she’d feel like shecouldleave if she needed to.

What about now?

What about how she feltnow?

He’d taken those keys back after he’d seemed to understand. Those keys had felt like a symbol. A symbol that he was a safe person to be vulnerable with.

But he’d taken them back.

She felt tears stinging her eyes.

She was vaguely aware that she was overreacting. Of course, he would be back. It wasn't like she was going to be here for days and days with no way to leave or contact anyone.

But just like the keys had touched her heart last night, now the idea that he'd left her with only a simple note, no explanation, and not bothering to wake her and talk to her about it, stung. She’d known she shouldn’t let herself get attached to aguy she had no future with but she’d let herself open up to him. And now she was reminded why that was a bad idea. She should probably be grateful for that.

She looked around. She literally had nothing here except for a towel and her vibrator. Her phone wasn't even here.

She stomped into the bedroom, grabbed her towel, then realized that it was Theo’s, and tossed it back down on the chair. She grabbed her vibrator from the bedside table—another way he’d made her vulnerable, and there was no way he was keepingthat.

Then she stomped out of the cabin, down the steps, across the road, and back into her cabin. She went straight for her phone.

Dammit, it was hot in here. The power outage had cut the AC, and the air in the cabin felt downright oppressive. Her phone was down to only one bar because it hadn't been charging overnight. Seeing that also made her heart race.

Shecouldleave today. She’d fulfilled the agreement of staying overnight. But she had to be able to fucking call someone to come get her sincethe truck was gone.

Savannah forced herself to breathe evenly as she called Becca and listened to it ring. She didn’t even know what time it was. It didn’t matter. She could not stay here.

Becca answered right away. “Savannah? What’s up?”

“Hey, can you and Beau come and get me? Right now?”

“Of course. Where are you?”

Savannah took a deep breath. See, Becca didn’t even know where she was, and she was willing to come immediately.

“Down at that damned cabin. The one that Theo made me stay in.”

“Oh, isn't he bringing you back?”

“He’s not here. I don't know where he is or when he’s coming back. And I have to get out of here.”

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