Chapter 172

Danica blinked the sleep from her eyes and peered through the windshield. All she saw was a piercing light above a large steel door and a smaller wooden door to the side. The rest of the view was shrouded in darkness, though in the distance she heard a faint rumble. With the heater off, the frigid winter air infiltrated the car. Danica shivered. She was here. Alone with him. She shot him an anxious glance. Now that she was sitting in the dark, with this man she hardly knew, she wondered at the wisdom of her decision. The only people who saw her leave with him were Magda and the security guard. “Come on,” Lorenzo said, and, climbing out of the car, he went to the trunk to retrieve her bags, his shoes crunching on the gravel. Dismissing her unease, she opened the car door and stepped onto the gravel. Outside, it was cold. She huddled into her jacket as the icy wind whistled in her ears. The rumble in the distance was louder. She wondered what it was. Lorenzo put his arm around her, in a