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to gently caress his cheek. As she gazed up at him, so amazed by the sight of him, after facing the possibility that she might never see him again, she felt a strange undefinable sensation warm her.
It was not an emotion exactly, nor was it a thought. It was a sense of security, as if all of the sudden, the world was not herself, and other people. All of the sudden, the world was herself, Daniel, and other people.
“I trust you.” She murmured with surprise. Daniel stared down at her with similar surprise.
“You don't have to say that.” He offered gently.
She responded with a stunned smile. “But it's true.” She leaned up and kissed him softly.
21
The next morning as she inhaled the scent of coffee brewing for her in the kitchen, Corinne woke up to an entirely different world. At first she thought it was because she had discovered what it was to trust. But as she sat up in bed, and glanced around the room, she realized it was something more.
Where her sight had sometimes been fuzzy before, everything was perfectly crisp and clear. She could not only smell the coffee brewing, she could hear every drip of it. Beyond that, she sensed Daniel sitting at his computer at his house across the street. She could see the website he was looking at. But she had not left the bed, in the bedroom, with the bedroom door closed.
He was searching for links between The Liberation Force and genetic scientists. He had already come across a few connections. The more he read and learned the more he wondered if the information Corinne had shared with him might have some truth to it.
In the bedroom Corinne shivered at the sensations she was experiencing. Was she hallucinating? However, at the same time, it was as if her body had been asleep for years, and was finally waking up. Her senses were sharp, and her intuition was working over time.
She knew that the coffee would be too strong from its smell, and that the neighbor's dog had gotten loose because she could feel the anxiety coming from next door, and the sensation of freedom coming from the dog. All of the sensations at once were very overwhelming.
She wondered if perhaps the drug was still affecting her, or worse, if she was losing her mind. When Daniel knocked on the door she asked him to come inside. She did not realize that he had not knocked yet, but was just about to.
“Hey.” He said as he offered her a cup of coffee. “Are you alright?”
He asked with concern as he noticed the tension in her features.
“I'm not sure.” She replied as she ran her hands across her face to try to calm herself. When he wrapped his arms around her, the love that she felt coming from him, soothed her immensely. She had always known that Daniel was fond of her, but she had never understood how deeply he cared for her, until she felt it, pouring into her.
“I'm scared.” She whispered beneath her breath, too quietly for him to hear. He did not have to hear her words to know that she was afraid, from what he had been reading that morning, he was afraid himself.
“I think we should just go.” He said firmly. “Let's just buy tickets somewhere, and get away from all of this.” He gazed down into her eyes, hoping that she would agree.
“Daniel, I have work and-” She protested, but he interrupted her before she could make another excuse.
“Corinne, these people are dangerous. I don't know why they let you go, but I don't think they are going to stay out of your life for long.” He frowned as he added. “I could not protect you from them before, I am not sure I can now.”
Corinne nodded into his chest as she rested against it. “Maybe you're right.”
“I'll make the arrangements.” He said and kissed her softly on the cheek. When he left the room she brushed back the blanket and looked down at the diamond birthmark on her hip. She ran her fingertips along it as she wondered, could everything Conner had said have been true?
22
“I can't believe you just let her
It was not an emotion exactly, nor was it a thought. It was a sense of security, as if all of the sudden, the world was not herself, and other people. All of the sudden, the world was herself, Daniel, and other people.
“I trust you.” She murmured with surprise. Daniel stared down at her with similar surprise.
“You don't have to say that.” He offered gently.
She responded with a stunned smile. “But it's true.” She leaned up and kissed him softly.
21
The next morning as she inhaled the scent of coffee brewing for her in the kitchen, Corinne woke up to an entirely different world. At first she thought it was because she had discovered what it was to trust. But as she sat up in bed, and glanced around the room, she realized it was something more.
Where her sight had sometimes been fuzzy before, everything was perfectly crisp and clear. She could not only smell the coffee brewing, she could hear every drip of it. Beyond that, she sensed Daniel sitting at his computer at his house across the street. She could see the website he was looking at. But she had not left the bed, in the bedroom, with the bedroom door closed.
He was searching for links between The Liberation Force and genetic scientists. He had already come across a few connections. The more he read and learned the more he wondered if the information Corinne had shared with him might have some truth to it.
In the bedroom Corinne shivered at the sensations she was experiencing. Was she hallucinating? However, at the same time, it was as if her body had been asleep for years, and was finally waking up. Her senses were sharp, and her intuition was working over time.
She knew that the coffee would be too strong from its smell, and that the neighbor's dog had gotten loose because she could feel the anxiety coming from next door, and the sensation of freedom coming from the dog. All of the sensations at once were very overwhelming.
She wondered if perhaps the drug was still affecting her, or worse, if she was losing her mind. When Daniel knocked on the door she asked him to come inside. She did not realize that he had not knocked yet, but was just about to.
“Hey.” He said as he offered her a cup of coffee. “Are you alright?”
He asked with concern as he noticed the tension in her features.
“I'm not sure.” She replied as she ran her hands across her face to try to calm herself. When he wrapped his arms around her, the love that she felt coming from him, soothed her immensely. She had always known that Daniel was fond of her, but she had never understood how deeply he cared for her, until she felt it, pouring into her.
“I'm scared.” She whispered beneath her breath, too quietly for him to hear. He did not have to hear her words to know that she was afraid, from what he had been reading that morning, he was afraid himself.
“I think we should just go.” He said firmly. “Let's just buy tickets somewhere, and get away from all of this.” He gazed down into her eyes, hoping that she would agree.
“Daniel, I have work and-” She protested, but he interrupted her before she could make another excuse.
“Corinne, these people are dangerous. I don't know why they let you go, but I don't think they are going to stay out of your life for long.” He frowned as he added. “I could not protect you from them before, I am not sure I can now.”
Corinne nodded into his chest as she rested against it. “Maybe you're right.”
“I'll make the arrangements.” He said and kissed her softly on the cheek. When he left the room she brushed back the blanket and looked down at the diamond birthmark on her hip. She ran her fingertips along it as she wondered, could everything Conner had said have been true?
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“I can't believe you just let her
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