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    “Oh no. You think…” She didn’t finish her question. She looked at Jacque as he approached along with Tye and Mike. “We heard,” Mike said then locked gazes with Eloi.
    Jacque pulled Angelina into a hug and held her.
    He spoke over her head to Eloi and Johnny.
    “Do you think this is connected to the other abductions?”
    Angelina pulled from his arms.
    “No, no this can’t be. Why? Who would do something like this?”
    “Angelina, calm down,” Mike told her.
    “Don’t tell me to calm down. Don’t you dare even try to understand!” she yelled at him then turned to walk away but stopped herself. She looked at all of them.
    “Witnesses said she was fighting to get free? Why didn’t they drug her then, like they drugged me?”
    “We’re just running different ideas here, Angelina. It may not be the same guys,” Johnny told her.
    “Because she went with them willingly,” Elle whispered then sniffled.
    Angelina had a thousand thoughts running through her head. She had been pissed off at Vera for flirting with Jacque and trying to make a move on him. She was aggravated at the way Vera threw herself at guys to hook up. She wasn’t the least bit surprised when Elle said that Vera met someone and was heading out with him. She should have made sure that the guy was cool. She should have checked on her.
    She took an unsteady breath and felt the tears reach her eyes. She wouldn’t cry and definitely not in front of the Bouchet men. She headed toward the back door, kicking it open, and walked to the back parking lot. How could there be people like this out there? They were just having fun, going to see a band play.
    “Angelina?”
    She heard Tye’s voice and that tone of his.
    “Don’t, Tye. Don’t say a word to me.”
    “Lina, we know you’re upset, but we have to talk about this.”
    “We don’t have to talk about anything.” She turned toward the three of them. Mike, Tye, and Jacque were standing there looking at her. She wondered if they thought she was just as foolish as Vera that night at Dominate. Did they think less of her because she took a drink from a stranger and was nearly abducted and raped?
    “Sugar, we know you’re upset. She made a mistake,” Tye began to say.
    She stomped forward toward him and looked up into his eyes as she poked her finger in his chest. He towered over her, but she didn’t care. She thought he was saying that this was Vera’s fault.
    “You don’t know how it feels. You don’t know what it’s like to not know where you are, why you feel so strange and why someone’s touch just doesn’t feel right. Should I fight, should I accept it? Did I ask for this because I came here to have fun with my friends? You don’t know.” She raised her voice and Tye grabbed her wrists and held them.
    “Don’t, baby. Please don’t talk like this.”
    She pulled from him.
    “Go back inside, Tye. This has nothing to do with you or your brothers. I don’t even know why you’re here,” she whispered, feeling a tight pain in her chest for saying those words. She had wished for so long that they would acknowledge her. But right now, none of that mattered. She needed to help find Vera.
    She turned to head back inside but Mike grabbed her hand.
    “Just wait a minute. We know you’re upset, but we do belong here because we care. We almost lost you to some asshole. I think we have the right to be here and to make sure that you’re safe.”
    She shook her head. This wasn’t what she wanted. She didn’t want their protection as bodyguards, as friends. She didn’t need their big brother concerns. She wanted their love, their affection. They couldn’t see the whole picture. She made a fool out of herself in front of Terrance and Lucifer . God, Lucifer probably thinks I’m an idiot.
    “I was so scared. Even now, at night, I wake up in a cold sweat and I think he’s there, taking me away. You don’t understand. You just don’t get it. I know I made a fool