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The screen door doesn’t even have a handle now.
I knock on the front door and don’t stop until Faye opens the door.
“I told you I’d get…”
Faye stops.
She stares at me.
Faye looks worse than ever too.
Her hair is thin and messy. Her eyes are sunken in. Her lips are cracked.
She looks tired and beat up.
She looks hungry.
She looks sick.
“Are you okay?” I ask Faye.
“What are you doing here, Jaci?”
“I needed to see you again.”
“Don’t do this, Jaci.” Faye leans closer. “I’m warning you one last time.”
Her breath is rancid.
It smells like mold and rotted meat.
My poor Faye is dying. She’s going to kill herself with whatever mess she’s into…
“Come with me,” I say to her. “Just come for a ride. Just get out of this place for a minute.”
“Not going to happen,” Faye says. She steps back. “Think about what I just said to you.”
Behind me I feel Cullen and Archer approaching.
“Let her in, Faye!”
There’s a voice inside the house.
Faye instantly frowns.
All I can picture is Faye being in danger. Being hurt. Being abused.
I don’t think twice about entering the house.
Not with Cullen and Archer behind me.
“She’s been looking for me!”
That voice… again…
I stop walking and Faye quickly slams the door.
She locks it.
