"Well first off, it'll look really bad doing it here in the park, 'cause I'm not going to go easy, and people will think you're a kidnapper, and neither of us really need to attract that kind of attention to ourselves," Alex said calmly, "And if I go home I can't go back, and I don't want that."
He gave a soft huff, rolling his eyes. "I wasn't brain washed. It happened once, it's not going to happen again, okay? I'd be trying to kill you if they'd brainwashed me."