Chapter 301: I Need to Escape

Tallulah's POV:

Our lives are pretty much exactly how I'd like them to be over the weeks that follow our weekend in Surrey.

I spend a lot of time with Aurora because we're both on holiday from University and both Landon and Jarrod are pretty busy with work. Mrs Stone comes up to the city several times to treat us all to a spa day: Aurora, Aileen, Clara and me.

What time I do spend with Jarrod is perfect. Our fight is ancient history.

Every night I curl up in his arms and drift off to sleep without a care in the world after he f*cks me into oblivion. We don't hear much from the police and Rick seems to have backed off. And I don't feel scared.

Because I'm not at uni, Jarrod insists I visit him once or twice at work.

"You don't come and draw at Thorpe's anymore," he complains one evening.

"That's because you're not there."

"Well come to the Conquering Nomad instead."

"What and distract you there?"