Page 24 of Playful Summer

“Shit. That sounds like a flat,” Georgíos says as he pulls over to the side of the road.

“Do you need help?”

“Nope. I got it. You relax, I’ll have it done fast.”

I can feel him jacking the car up to change the tire. It’s an odd feeling and it makes me giggle. I pull out my phone to text the girls and let them know about the flat.

Piper: Got a flat. We’ll be back ASAP

Luciana: Wow. Your books are that heavy that you popped a tire?

Giovanna: *snicker*

Fiorella: HAHAHAH

Piper: Goofball

Isabella: Be safe and hurry back. There’s been some customers and they said they’d come back

Piper: Thank you all so much. See you soon

I look up and see a car parked behind us. But I don’t hear Georgíos fixing the tire. He was making a lot of noise and then nothing. I get out of the car and walk around to the rear driver tire and see Georgíos on the ground.

“Georgíos!” I yell as I crouch down and feel for a pulse.

He has a pulse and I start to pull out my phone to call Paxton.

“It’s nice to see you again, baby.”

Holy shit. I stand up and see Harris.

“What are you doing in Wintervale?” I ask him.

“I came to see you. I realized something these last few months. I was stupid to let you go. We were meant to be together. So I started looking for you.”

“What are you talking about? We broke up over a year ago.”

I start to back away from him and see Georgíos starting to wake up. Harris notices too and leans down and pulls a needle out.

“What are you doing? Leave him alone.” I yell at him.

I start to grab my phone again and I feel someone grab it from behind. I turn to see Marc.

“You know my brother. He’s been keeping an eye on you for me.”

What in the fuck is going on? I never knew that Harris had a brother.

“We need to leave before that monster wakes up again.” Marc says to Harris.

Harris nods and grabs me, throwing me into their car. Harris gets in the back with me and Marc gets in to drive.

“Why are you doing this? You can’t force me to be with you.”

“I’m not forcing you. I’m just giving you time to remember how much you love me. And how much I love you.”

I feel like I’m in a twilight zone. When Paxton asked me about Harris, I wasn’t lying when I said I didn’t think he’d do anything. But here he is kidnapping me and talking like a lunatic. I’ll never love him again.

“Aren’t you with Morgan? You told me you were having a baby with her. Your baby should be over a year now.”