Maddison's POV
Hours later…
That evening, she slowly became aware of her surroundings again; the process was kind of painful and confusing. First, Maddison noticed how thirsty she was. Her mouth felt very dry and thick and then she felt the pain in her hip. It was a dull ache, but it was there, and then the memory came back, cutting through the drug haze. She recalled his grey eyes, cutting as shattered stone, his low and deep and rumbling voice telling her that she had 48 Hours.
Maddison's eyes opened and she struggled to sit up and shake out the awful feeling that had seeped into her from the last moment she'd spoken to Grant Harrison the Billionaire, and just as she was in the middle of reliving his parting words, the door creaked open.
The inner room was flooded with blinding light
