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“Do you have any clue where they might be?” Duke asked.
“There’s a diner on the other side of town called Boots. It’s kind of their spot.”
They have a spot?
“Why did you track me down?” I asked. “Why didn’t you go to Boots yourself or better yet, wait for her to get into contact with you?”
“Boots is…well, it’s in a part of town I’m scared to go to alone.”
“And this punk took my sister?” I shrieked.
A hand settled on my shoulder and I immediately sank into Duke’s strong chest, my back pressed to his front.
“Did you drive here?” Duke asked.
She shook her head. “I took an Uber.”
“Where do your parents think you are right now?” I demanded.
Jessica nibbled her lip, suddenly looking a lot younger than she was. “Your place.”
“Son of a bitch,” I muttered.
“I’m going to have one of my brothers take you home. I want to make sure you get home safely,” Duke said.
“Oh, that’s okay, I’ll—”
“Not up for discussion, kid,” Duke growled. He stepped away from me and went inside the bar.
“I’m in a lot of trouble, aren’t I?” Jessica asked.
“Yup.”
“You’re going to tell my parents, aren’t you?”
“Yup.”
“You’re going to slaughter Waverly,” she said.
“And then I’m going to find a way to bring her back to life just so I can kill her again.”
“I thought, maybe, because you’re her sister and not her mom, you’d be cooler than my parents about this. Clearly, I was wrong.”
“You guys just don’t get it, do you?”
“Get what?”
“I’ve been a teenager. I’ve lied and snuck around. I’ve gone to parties. I know you want your freedom, but you can’t lie about where you’re at. God forbid something really bad happened to either one of you tonight.”
Was I overreacting? Maybe. But Waverly meant everything to me.
“If we’d told you the truth about the rave, would you have let her go?” Jessica demanded.
“Not the point,” I stated.
“Kind of the point.” She cocked her head to the side. “Are you really mad about the party, or are you mad because she didn’t tell you about Dylan?”
My gaze narrowed. “Thin ice, Jessica. Thin fucking ice.”
