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Chapter 10: Dream

I woke up shaking. It was as if everything was real. I felt everything. Every touch, caress and word that he spoke. I rested my arms on the wheel and laid my head in my hands. I couldn't believe it. It felt so…

Get over it Smart Stephanie said. You need to keep moving. And for once, I listened to smart Stephanie. She was always telling me what to do, and I never listened.

Until now.

I was running. Again.

I had prepared for this. I knew that he eventually would come for me, but I thought it would take longer. I needed to get away from anything and everything that reminded me of Trenton.

Including the man that I loved more than life itself.

The dreams were becoming more vivid. I tried not to sleep, but eventually my body caved. I couldn't escape him. The proof was in the shirt. I had stolen one of his. It smelled of Ranger and Bulgari and I knew that this was enough for me.

Okay, so I had momentarily slipped into Denial Land.

I looked at the clock. 12:41 glared back at me. Just under an hour ago, I was sharing a bed with Ranger. Hours ago, I had professed my love for him to Joe, and now I was running. Again.

I was an idiot, wasn't I? I felt the tears coming again.

Well? What do you have to say for yourself? I asked smart Stephanie. She didn't answer. I guess she was thinking. I was concentrating on her, that I missed the car lights coming up behind me.

Ranger's POV

I woke up and realized that Stephanie was gone. She had told me to go back to sleep, that she was going to get a drink of water and be right back.

I could feel that she was gone.

No, not again!

I couldn't believe that she would do this, after everything today. Pulling on my cargos, I reached for my phone and dialed Tank. I searched for my shirt. She must've taken it.

"Yo."

"She's gone. Pull up the tracker on her car."

I could hear Tank tapping away on the laptop. I was afraid this would happen, so we put another tracker onto her car.

"Well?" I said, getting impatient.

"She either found it, or its malfunctioning. I'm not getting a reading."

"She couldn't have gotten far."

"I'm bringing up traffic cameras, seeing if anything caught her. I'll call you back."

I hung up and headed over to David's.

When he finally answered the door, he looked like he had been in a deep sleep.

"What?" He yelled. "Oh, hey Ranger."

"Have you seen Steph tonight?"

"Yeah, she stopped by earlier."

"What did she say?"

"She said that she was grateful to me and that she would call when she got settled again." He yawned. "She looked awful."

"What do you mean?"

"She looked like she hadn't slept in days and she had been crying."

This made me ache even more. "Did she say where she was going?"

He shook his head with another yawn. "Sorry, man, I hope you find her."

I was sitting in the kitchen waiting for Tank to call. It was a weird feeling to be able to do nothing. I had to wait for him. He held my entire future in his hands. If we couldn't find her this time, I don't know if I could survive this one. She was my everything, but there's only so much that I can take. If we couldn't find her, maybe I would stop chasing. Suddenly my phone vibrated.

"I have a lead." He said. "I'll be there in two minutes." He hung up.

Did I really want to chase her anymore?