“Yes, and we can probably narrow it down from there. I don’t think Tucker would do this, for example,” Baron says.
I shake my head, though I agree with him.
“I think every single person in the Turris is capable of this.” I’m met with stunned silence. “We’re all ruthless in our own ways.” I shrug. “And we’re all used to getting our way. Whatever this person wants, they’ve already gone to great lengths. They almost killed my dad trying to get it. So...”
I let that linger between us, right on top of the cooling pizza.
After a long moment Harry nods to himself and looks at each of us in turn.
“We tell them everything but the fact that the hacker knew what they were looking for, and for now, you tellno oneelse that you’re Angelwings66. When your father is back we can fill him in, but for now we tell no one.”
Great.
More secrets.
23
Lex
January 18th
Even though we only slept at the hospital for one night, it feels weird to wake up in our bed again, but I’ll never complain about being snuggled up to Eli’s back.
The events of the weekend flood back, but the only thing they bring with them is exhaustion—there’s no more fear, at least for now.
Dad and Ally are at the hospital still, and we’ll go see them this afternoon after the damn secret meeting, but we can deal with all of it then, later.
Anytime but now, really.
Because right now everything’s okay. I have Eli wrapped in my arms, and we’re as comfortable as humanly possible.
The buzzing of my phone, insistent and unavoidable, sadly pops my happy bubble.
It’s probably what woke me up.
It won’t stop, and I don’t want Eli to wake up before he absolutely has to. I grumble silently and stretch to get my phone from the nightstand and feel my eyes bug out when I see just how many notifications I have.
The thing that grabs my attention the most is the number of messages and missed calls from Patrick.
He sent me a link to a fucking CNZ article, and I know I’m gonna hate it when I read the rest of his messages.
Patrick:
Tell me what you want to do about this.
Cindy is already crafting several different responses.
It’s all bullshit of course but we both think a response is the right thing.
Knowing I’m going to hate every second, I click on the link to read the damn thing.
Two hours ago
STEPBROTHERS ELI ELLSWORTH AND ALEXEI JANKOWSKI PHOTOGRAPHED KISSING:
A family tragedy upstaged by an indecent scandal.
By CNZ
