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“Is anyone with you?” I point at the door, wanting to leave right away. Luckily, Nic understands and calls for a car.
“Nathaniel is here. I mean… his body.”
“His body?”Fuck.As I speak, I run a hand through my hair. “Is he dead?”
“Yes.” She says the word without a lick of remorse in her voice. Dammit, I wanted to kill him myself. I don’t have the patience to ask her how it happened. That’s something I can figure out later.
“Okay, hold on.”
Celia gives Nic a kiss and waves goodbye to me as we rush out the front door and into the waiting car. Nic slides into the back seat after me and flips open his laptop. The car takes off while Nic pulls up the map and pings my phone.
“Are you hurt?” I don’t really want to know because if she says yes, I’ll drive myself insane until I get there, but I need to keep her talking. Plus, I need to know if she is seriously injured, whether I want to know or not.
“No… I don’t think so.” Her voice trembles a little less now.
“That’s good.”
A red icon starts blinking on the map.Finally.
“There she is,” Nic mumbles before telling the driver where to go.
“We’re about forty-five minutes away.”
“Forty-five,” she repeats. “I don’t know if someone else is here. What if someone finds me before you do?”
“Delilah, listen. Find someplace to hide. And if you have a weapon, bring that too. No matter what happens, know I am on my way, and everything will be okay. I promise.”
“If I hide, I can’t stay on the phone. The signal is bad. The only place I could call is at the top of the staircase.”
“You have to hide. Just leave the phone where you are and go hide somewhere. Don’t come out until you hear me.”
“Okay… I-I’ll go hide.”
“I’ll be there soon.”
I can hear her putting down the phone, followed by the fading of her footsteps.
“You are more attached than I thought,” my brother points out after a moment of silence. “I hope that doesn’t come to bite you in the ass later on.”
I scoff. “You and me, both.”
