Another week went by before she saw Oscar again. During that week she realized some things. He knew about her coming here without him- without Ju. Without being drugged up by her nearness, her senses returned. Eric assured her that he hadn’t said anything to him either. But she knew Oscar knew about what they had planned. Sending Eric with her was his way of giving them privacy to do their mischief. This means Oscar was awake that morning when he had taken her- the stocked groceries too. Oh God. Thinking she was so slick all the time and he knew all along. And the contempt she had for him was fading. She definitely wasn’t in love but she was… something. And that something had her in a panic. All of last night she bit her fingernails till her cuticles bled. To which Lilith acted like a

