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“Your sisters are here.” He stares at me with a crinkle between his brows. “They showed up about forty-five minutes ago.”
I look around the waiting room but can’t see them anywhere. “Then, where are they?”
“The officer took them into the cafeteria so she could ask them some questions.” He stares at me in utter confusion. “You were right there when it happened. How do you not remember it?”
I shake my head then shrug. “I have no idea.”
He frowns. “So, you just completely forgot an hour of your life?”
“It’s not that weird.”
“Yeah, it is.”
Well, I’m not about to tell him how my mind sometimes loses grasp with reality. Sure, we agreed to be friends, but he doesn’t need to know all my secrets.
“Whatever. It doesn’t really matter. I’m just glad Payton is going to be okay.” I stare off into the distance while he continues to stare at me.
His attention is making me uneasy, but I refuse to squirm.
My mind is a frazzled mess. What is the officer talking to my sisters about? Are they okay? Is Payton really going to be okay? What did she inject into herself? And why would she do that?
Why?
Why?
Why?
The question is an echo in my head, but it starts to ring in the background as another worry dawns on me.
I need to leave if I’m going to make it to the docks on time.
But, how can I just leave?
How can I just leave my sisters?
Part of me wants to stay here and say to hell with the deal. Part of me tries to convince myself that if I message August and tell him what’s going on, he’ll understand. But a bigger part of me knows an easy way out of this doesn’t exist. That I’m going to have to get up, walk out of here, and leave my sisters to deal with this.
Sucking it up, I retrieve my phone from my pocket so I can text Londyn that I’m leaving, even though I know she’s going to put up a fight.
“What’re you doing?” Alex asks as he takes a seat beside me.
“Texting my sister.” My fingers hover over the keyboard as I deliberate what to type. “I have to go somewhere, and I don’t want to take off without telling them.”
He gapes at me. “Are you being fucking serious right now?”
“I wish I wasn’t,” I mutter, guilt crushing my chest.
“Hadley, your sister is in intensive care and your other sisters are being questioned about what I’m guessing is how good of a parent you are,” Alex stresses, his gaze burning into mine. “If you take off, this is going to end badly.”
“You don’t think I get that?” I snap. “I do, but I don’t really have a choice.” I return my attention to my phone. “If I don’t leave right now, things are going to end up even worse.”
“What is he having you do?” Alex asks in a low tone.
I glance up at him. “What is who having me do?”
He gives me a pressing look. “My father.”
Worry crawls through me. “That’s not what this is about.”
