21Stop the DramaBack in her room, Tazia rested her forehead against the cool of the refrigerator door and replayed the events outside. Her first thought was to run back to Billy. She’d even thrown her clothes into a bag as soon as she’d returned, anger propelling items with remarkable accuracy into the open duffel on the bed. But she’d stopped as quickly as she’d started.
Saving her father just wasn’t worth this. Not the humiliation Conn had put her through, especially when she’d just risked her life for him. And licking her like that! What was that? Ownership?
For a moment, she rolled her forehead side to side, hoping that by cooling her skin she'd somehow calm her mind.
“I saved Kevin's wife.” She chanted the words quietly over and over, hoping the repetition would soothe. The strateg
