Bab 48: Another Woman.

"Why should I wait when we could share the ride?" Jodi questioned. From what she could see, there was space enough in the car for three more people as long as they had the same physique as her.

"Just leave when I tell you to, Jo please!" 

Hearing that, Jodi felt a strange sense of deja Vu wash over her. These were the exact same words he had used then but her stubbornness had made her refuse, thereby placing them both in the peculiar situation they were currently in.

However, that did not mean she was going to back down now. She had not regretted her actions then and now, she would do the same.

"Did something happen, Neil? Are you okay?"

"I am not, Jo. But I will feel much better in your absence so–"

Jodi cut him off, her eyes glinting in realization, "You were drugged."

He didn't reply and that only confirmed her words.

"If you were drugged, why are you asking me to leave then? Won't I be of help to you?"