I need to fix this.
Quickly putting the toys away, I see that I have about two hours before the kids wake up from their nap.
The sisters are busy preparing for All Saints’ Day this Sunday, so I sneak out through the back and jump into the car.Without hesitation, I shift into drive and make my way to Kit’s garage.
This is probably a huge mistake, but I would rather be the one to tell him the truth than Jupiter.What happens after that?Well, I haven’t thought that far ahead.
I drum my fingers on the steering wheel as I wait at the lights.Each minute feels like ten.I turn the radio off as the sound only amplifies the racket inside my head.
Those feelings of being watched hit me once again.I peer in the rearview mirror, but no one is behind me.
I drive safely and keep to the speed limit.
I’m a block away from the garage and am surprisingly calm.Perhaps the truth does set one free.I seem to be getting all the red lights.As I wait, I see something that has me instantly leaning forward in a panic.
With my heart in my stomach, I strain my eyes because there’s no way I’m seeing what I think I am.But I’d know that blond hair anywhere.
Jupiter is watching Kit.She’s not making herself known because that’s not the purpose of her being here.
She’s there to study him.
But why?
I want to confront her, but I have the advantage because she hasn’t seen me.
Once the light turns green, I find a park and secretly watch her next move.
There’s a coffee shop next to the garage, and it’s here where Jupiter sits, sipping from a tall cup.Large, dark sunglasses sit on the bridge of her nose, masking her eyes.She’s in yoga pants and an orange crop top.
Nothing flashy.
Nothing remarkable.
She is any girl, on any other day, drinking a coffee while out for a walk or after a gym class.
But nothing about this encounter is innocent.This is Jupiter’s MO.
She watches.
She studies her…prey.
Because that’s what Kit has become.
She sees him as a problem, a problem she needs to fix.Perhaps she believes that if she eliminates him, things will go back to normal.
But there never was a normal between us.
We’re toxic together.
Bad for one another.
I see that now.
Instead of healing, all we seem to be doing is hurting—hurting ourselves and hurting others.
And now, Jupiter has set her sights on hurting Kit.
I can’t let that happen.
