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She froze, Evelyn suddenly, her anger dissolving into a single, astonished terror. Her wide, panicked eyes wandered around the room like they were searching for small cameras. “No! You wouldn’t! You wouldn’t dare! ” she whispered softly.Trisha’s expression remained unwavering. “Try me.”Max watched, sort of detached from him. Evelyn - the Queen of manipulation - the girl who had just orchestrated an overt assault was terrified. She truly was scared - and only because she was talking about her mother. And he wondered for a second what kind of mother could her own daughter get that scared of?Evelyn stared at Trisha for another long moment, then her gaze flickered to the unconscious Brock, then back to Max. Her face crumpled. She turned and fled, her heels clicking rapidly as she disappeared through the museum doors.Trisha sighed, the tension draining from her shoulders. She turned to Max, her anger replaced by overwhelming concern. Her eyes scanned his face, taking in the blood, the
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The lead security guard, a big, burly man with a scowl scarred on his face, took another step forward and tightened the grip of his baton. "You heard the lady punk, you're coming with us. Don't make this any worse than it needs to be. "Max never flinched, wiping the blood from his lips with the back of his hand, his eyes - heavy -- filled with exhaustion and pain - showing a dangerous glow. “I’m not going anywhere! ”The guard laughed. "You think you're tough, huh? We'll see about that. " He lunged, his baton aimed for Max's ribs.Max moved. Not like the fluid, graceful grace he fessed up to in a fight with Brock. That was instinct, fuelled by adrenaline and not one bit of self-restraint in his reluctance to be beaten again. He evaded the swing at the guard; the baton waving in his ears, Max grabbed his arm from the guard and turned his way around, using the movement of the man to his advantage. The guard grunted, unbalanced. Max kicked hard at the back of the guard’s knee at the ank
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Suddenly Trisha stumbled back, staring at… Max. He was standing a little swayed with the lingering drip of blood still running down his temple but open and with a cold fury she had never before seen.Brock groaned, rising on one elbow, the bleeding jaw already swelling. He looked at Max then spit a mouthful of blood onto the ground. “You! You should have stayed down, you dumb worm! Now... now I'm gonna kill you! He moved right over his knees, wiping the blood from his mouth, his eyes now narrowing into slits of utter hatred.“Stay down Brock! ” Evelyn ran to his side and tried to grab hold of him, “He’s not worth it! ”Brock ignored her, his focus on Max. Brock lunged again. That whirling run was wild and desperate. Max didn’t hesitate. He moved with a fluidity that Trisha had never known he had. He took the upper hand off Brock’s toady punch, his body just a blur of motion. He blocked the next kick with his forearm and not even the impact felt.Max was close, keeping the momentum in
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The cool nights bit at Trisha’s exposed arms, but she didn’t notice. She stood outside the huge entrance to the museum, her phone tight in her ear, with the dial tone turning in an embarrassed rhythm. “Come on, Max, pick up, ” she muttered. She walked slow around the museum. He’d promised. He’d told her he would be home before the night was out. But the museum’s closing, and he was gone. She called his number again. Voicemail. Again.A loud, guttural scream, followed by a crash, lashed through the silence of the museum. It came from the inside. Trisha’s heart snapped into her throat. Max. She didn’t blink. She slammed open the heavy door and ran back into the gallery’s echoed lobby.The scene that set her up stopped the blood. Max. Laying on the polished marble floor in suspension, a slimy stain covering the side of his head. Brock Sterling stood over him, face scrunched in a convulsion of catatonic triumph. And a few feet away, Evelyn, holding up her hand to her mouth, eyes wide with
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“Brock! Darling! ”Evelyn cried out in a suddenly saccharine sound, her arms tightening around Max’s neck. she looked at Brock and watched him with his eyes wide with innocent joy. then back to Max and gave him a quick wink that was hardly audible. “Oh Brock, you’re exactly on time! Max here just told me how much he loves me. Isn’t that right, Maxy? ”she squeezed his arm, her nails clenched against his flesh.Max felt cold dread floating over him. He was being set up. He tried to talk, to explain, to tell Brock this all was a mistake. "Brock, wait! It's not what you think!! "But Brock wasn’t listening. He focused his attention on Max, burning with jealousy. He stood mere feet away from Max, his heart pounding with anger. “You! You’re friends with that liar from the Prix event, aren’t you? That’s the one who got Jacob kicked out! ”Max tried to get away from Evelyn but she was holding on like a limpet. "Brock calm down please this is what Evelyn 's doing! She 's just trying to make you
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The black Mercedes screeched to a halt outside the stately grand entrance to the city museum, then Max didn’t sit still for Marco to open the door, threw it open, and fell screaming out. Only after he was able to see Marco’s worrying “Mr Luckey! ” . That a running Max ran toward the huge bright building. He felt a heartbeat fill his ribs, a frantic beat hurting against his ribs. ‘Please, let her still be here. Please, let her understand’As he unlocked the hallowed gates he ran his eyes crazy through the huge, echoing lobby. The museum was open still, some people around in there, but probably the art show was wrapping up. He saw one security guard and ran over.“Excuse me! The art exhibition! Is it still open? Has... has Trisha been here? ” Max said exhilarated.The guard, a serious-faced black man with a neatly cut beard and who glared at him, didn't laugh. "Sir, the exhibition was closed fifteen minutes ago. And I'm afraid I don't know any 'Trisha'. "Max’s shoulders shrugged. 15 mi
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