She shook her head with glassy sad eyes locked onto his frustrated ones.
Fuck.
He didn't want her with him in LA. It wasn't going to be safe for her. He wasn't sure what the outcome of this trip would be. That was what he needed the thinking time for, alone time.
Fuck!
She started to cry again.
"Why are you crying now?" he said in exasperation.
"I'm scared! I don't want to burden you, but I have no home, no money, no—" She choked on her words. "...family. My ex-boyfriend wants to beat me to death and cut my t**s off, and those rapists tried to abduct me in broad daylight, a second time!" She was shaking badly. "I'm terrified, but I feel safe here with you. But you don't want me here!"
Her tears became sobs, and Hal felt trapped. The monster had been quiet and dormant after he unleas
