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fine and that Jesse took off on foot. Jake gave chase for a while but ultimately, he completely vanished. They waited around and gave a statement to two seemingly disinterested policemen. The attack on Chantelle was in New York. The police in Rhode Island would rather not get involved if they didn’t have to.
    When they finished up with the police, they both realized they’d lost their appetites. They left and headed home. By the time they got back to New York, Chloe felt like her sanity was hanging by a thread. She collapsed into Derek’s bed, curled into a fetal position and cried a torrent of angry, frustrated tears. She vowed that this would be the last time. After they wake Derek up tomorrow and she knows that he’s going to be okay, she’s going back to Rhode Island and one way or the other she was going to finish this thing once and for all. She’d cried too many tears for him. She wasn’t his victim any longer.

Chapter 8
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    D erek was dreaming...or maybe it was a nightmare. Yes, it was definitely a nightmare. Jesse Donovan was there and he had his arm wrapped around Chloe’s neck. What does he want with her? Chloe’s eyes were glazed over and Derek could tell that she was about to pass out...but he couldn’t get to her. He could feel real terror in his chest. Jesse was holding her just a few feet away from him but his legs wouldn’t move. Why won’t my legs move? Jesse was laughing as Chloe lost consciousness. Derek was screaming for someone to help...but no sound was coming out of his throat. He felt like he was choking when he tried to talk. Move damn it! You have to help her!
    He concentrated on his legs...they wouldn’t move no matter how hard he tried. Suddenly he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He tried to stick his hand in and pull it out, but there was no pocket there. What the hell is going on? Jesse smiled and put the knife to Chloe’s throat...Derek screamed again, silently... Jesse wants to kill her. I have to stop him. I love her.
    “His hand moved! Derek? Baby, open your eyes.”
    Chloe? Is that you? Are you okay?
    “It’s okay to open your eyes baby. Open your eyes. Please. I need to see them. I saw you move. Come on honey, let me see those baby blues.”
    I need to see you, Chloe. I need to hold you. I need to keep you safe. Can you hear me? Why can’t I hear myself talk?
    “I think he moved his hand,” Chloe said, in an excited tone, this time to someone else.
    “Sometimes they make involuntary movements.” That voice was unfamiliar. Who is she talking to? “That’s not to say he didn’t move. We took him off of all the sedatives yesterday and his brain activity is more active today.”
    “What about the breathing tube?”
    Breathing tube? Why do I have a breathing tube? Brain activity? Am I a vegetable? Do they think I’m unresponsive but I can still process what’s going on? Chloe! What’s going on? Talk to me again. Please talk to me. I’m suffocating in this nightmare.
    “We’re going to ex-tubate him after he’s been off the sedatives for forty-eight hours...so tomorrow sometime.”
    Ex-tubate? I have a tube breathing for me and now they’re going to take it out? What if I can’t breathe without it?  Chloe! Please talk to me.
    “If you need anything have the nurse call me. I have to go make rounds now and I’ll check back in on him later this morning.”
    “Thank you, doctor.”
    Derek felt Chloe’s warm hand in his. He tried to squeeze it but his hand wasn’t being any more cooperative than his legs. What the hell happened?
    “Wake up, baby,” Chloe told him again. “Wake up and give me one of those killer smiles of yours. I want to see your sexy dimples.”
    Derek tried to pull open his eyes. He wanted to see her too. He tried to smile, but his face wouldn’t cooperate. He wanted to know what was going on. He tried to ask, but no words would come out...no sound at all. His eyelids were so heavy. It felt to him like they