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“Don’t they have an ‘aunt’ who lives here, too?” Sergio asked, looking at the few pictures lining the wood paneled walls.
“Molly picks up graveyard shifts from time to time,” I replied, making my way down the hall, checking each room as I went.
Getting closer to the closed door, I heard what sounded like labored breathing on the other side.
I knocked and got a weak, indecipherable response in return. Grabbing the knob, I pushed the door in. There she was.
Her head slightly lolled back, she stared straight through me with a pair of heavy lidded eyes she was visibly struggling to keep open.
Two pouty lips moved, but whatever she said once again came out too low for me to understand.
Her naked body sat submerged in a tub of blood and bubbles. One of her wrists hung over the side, staining the dull white porcelain red and dripping onto the faded tile.
In that moment, I didn’t see Elena Rias as my adversary’s daughter, or a random girl born from a union of incest.
I saw a young woman trying to hold onto her life. I saw a chance to save her from the cruelty of a world she didn’t ask to be a part of, but was made a casualty of nonetheless. Just like my baby sister had been.
It didn’t make sense right then, why someone would come all this way to hurt Elena when she had been gone from Vice City for so long.
I immediately suspected the twin, Eva, had something to do with it. If anyone had a vendetta against these girls, it would be because of her continuous bad choices.
Not allowing myself time to second guess my actions, I called for my brother and cousin.
I knew I had to help her.
I couldn’t let her die.
I didn’t figure out until much later, as I sat by her side and watched over her like a damn guard dog through the night, that she was the catalyst of my life.
Chapter Five
Present
He never came for me.
I’m sure he had people looking, but he didn’t come in the three, almost four days I’d been gone so far.
My leg bounced up and down. Every five minutes, I was glancing over at the motel room’s door. I had no idea what was going on, which had me delaying in taking any action.
I’d never been so disconnected from the outside world.
I had the fleeting thought that maybe I shouldn’t have ditched my cell in some random field, but I knew that just like the Cadillac, it could be used to track me.
Three quick knocks on the door drew my blank stare away from the Law & Order marathon playing on the old box television.
Rubbing my hands on my jean shorts, I pushed off the bed, bunching the floral comforter in the process.
I ignored the slight sting from the blisters on the soles of my feet and hobbled over. I’d gotten them after ditching the BMW on the side of the road, having no choice but to walk through the damn woods to get to wherever the hell I was. My entire body ached, burning in places I didn’t even know had muscles.
Double checking the peep-hole to make sure it was really Peyton and Melody, I undid all three locks and opened the door.
The second it was open, they both rushed inside, smelling of fresh dewy rain and mouth watering Chinese food.
They were both dressed down in jeans and a hoodie so as not to draw any extra attention to themselves.
“Anything new?” Peyton asked, sitting the bags he had on a round table in the corner.
“No. Have you two heard anything?”
