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"Mr. Jagger, what are you doing?" Triskin barks across the classroom seconds after my chair legs scrape across the floor and I begin marching toward the door.
Fuck this.
I never should have turned up this morning.
"I'm out."
I don't hang around for his response. Instead, I just blow through the classroom door and storm down the hallway.
Levi's seen her and I fucking haven't. I don't give a shit that he doesn't think she's hurt. I need to see it with my own eyes, and I know exactly where she is.
Unlike this morning, when I drop down into my driver's seat I don't question whether I should be driving or not. Instead, I rev the engine and wheelspin out of the parking lot, the gravel flying out behind me.
I don't bother putting any music on, instead driving to the Heights in silence with only my depressing thoughts rattling around my head, letting my anger consume me.
The last time I was at Heights High was whe
n we were looking for Cole when he vanished all those months ago, but just like that night, it's still as fucking depressing as I remember.
The buildings are dark and covered in years worth of graffiti. The parking lot is full of beat-up old bangers like the one Cole and I used to drive, making my Skyline stand out like a sore fucking thumb.
I find a spot at the very back of the lot under the cover of some low hanging branches and kill the engine. I have no idea if I'll see her from here, but other than sneaking my way inside, it's the best chance I've got right now.
There’s still thirty minutes before kids start emerging, so I sit back and pull my cell out.
Cole: Where the fuck are you?
Ace: Where are you?
Hadley: Please don't do anything stupid.
I shake my head at the three of them and close down my messages. My brothers are a pair of fucking hypocrites. If Remi or Hadley were being treated like this, they’d rain hell down on whoever was responsible. Shit, they both did after Hadley was taken. They killed Donny fucking Lopez without so much as breaking a sweat. Yet here I am, missing my girl, and Warren Kraven is still fucking breathing.
How is that fair?
Is it because, like always, I'm the forgotten one? Don't they like Kenny as much as they do Hadley? What the fuck am I missing here?
I just hope that I fucking find out whatever it is soon, because I'm already beginning to lose my fucking mind.
As the minutes pass, a few kids start to spill out of the buildings. But it's not until a very familiar car pulls to a stop out the front of the main reception that I really sit up and pay attention.
His door opens before the motherfucker who's eluded me all these weeks steps out like he owns the fucking place.
What was wrong with his hiding place? Couldn't he have fucking stayed there? Or died there? Whatever.
Warren looks around and I sink down in my seat a little, although I have no idea why. If he so much as lays eyes on the car then he's going to know I'm here. No other fucker would be likely to park a two-hundred-thousand-dollar car in Heights High parking lot.
Seemingly happy with his surroundings, he walks around to the hood and rests his ass back as he waits with his arms crossed over his wide chest.
My fists curl with my need to go over there and wipe the smug look off Warren’s face. I might not be able to actually see his face right now, but I know the cunt is smiling. He thinks he's won. He's got the girl, and as far as he can tell I've done fuck all about it.
I have done fuck all about it, I tell myself.
My nails dig into my palms until I draw blood.
A huge part of me wants to storm over there and take matters into my own hands, but I know I need to do as Dad says and wait. Warren might have piled on a few pounds since I last saw him, but I know I could still take him. He was always a slow fighter, something I'm not sure he'll ever shake.
I've got my hand on the door when Cole's face pops into my head.
