ELENA

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I waited until Dominic left for the day, then I went looking for my phone, because I was sick of being the only person in this house who couldn't call a single soul.

He'd taken it my second week here. Slid it right off the dinner table and said it was for my safety, and I let him, because I was stupid back then. I knew where the things he took were kept, so I went up.

I got my hand on his door, turned it, but it didn’t budge.

He'd never locked that door, not once that I knew ...