Blind Date Turned Proposal

A bad feeling bubbled up. She clenched her fingers and turned back slowly. Blood rushed to her head. She had seen the last scene she wanted to see.

Her fingers dug into her palm. She was panicking, and her breathing was erratic. She patted his face. “Arnold! Arnold!”

The usual light sleeper did not respond.

Why is he in Wavery?

She fell to the floor. Raising her head, she looked through the only window in the room. It was bright daylight.

She bit her knuckles but could not stop the trembling. It was almost evening when she left home, and now it was bright outside. Dexter’s birthday had passed.

She stayed a night with Arnold here, stark naked?

Josie put on her clothes swiftly. She tried to wake Arnold up to no avail. Her mind was cluttered. She pushed all the unthinkable thoughts to the back of her mind. The most important thing now was to save Arnold.

was passed out.

had put in drugs or something even worse, causing them to be

spent all her energy and jumped out of the window. The

ran frantically. Tripped by a stone, she climbed up and continued desperately. She

not even know how

phone or any money with her. When she finally saw a road, she stopped a taxi. “Please send me to

knew what had happened but hoped to prove that things were not

his office. He received an unknown call. Joste’s voice

the company. I don’t

said after that. His

went down in her place.

would have swamped the company if

The driver was secretly