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He chuckles. “I wouldn’t bother. It’s locked,” he admits, and my stomach sinks. “And I’d slit their throats before you made it to the door.”
“Why are you doing this? Why did you hurt those girls?”
“Why? Because I needed to get him out of the way. I needed them to be you. I couldn’t hurt you, but when they were bad, I could hurt them. I could. They weren’t you, so I had to hurt them. I needed you.”
I feel sick. What I’m hearing is?It’s outrageous, unbelievable. He’s insane, completely delusional.
“You’re fucking sick. You did it because you’re a fucking psycho. This has nothing to do with Allie,” CJ snaps angrily.
Alex’s head snaps to CJ, glaring. He points the knife in his direction, spit flying from his mouth when he shouts, “No! You can’t say her name. Don’t say her name. You don’t know anything.”
I interrupt CJ before he can say anything else to anger Alex. Making someone unpredictable angry isn’t a wise idea.
“Who are you, Alex?”
“You still don’t know?” he asks, seeming genuinely confused.
I shake my head. “No. I don’t know who you are. The person I know wouldn’t have hurt anybody, not even people who deserved it. How did you end up here? What happened to you?” I ask softly.
He searches the room before spotting something. I use the opportunity to shift my body, so I can cover CJ’s legs. I reach behind me, watching Alex the whole time while trying to loosen the ropes tying his ankles to the chair.
“Allie,” CJ warns under his breath, trying to nudge me away with his foot. I hardly hear him, so I know Alex didn’t, but it still doesn’t stop me from pausing, my heart racing as I watch Alex grab a chair from the corner.
I keep going, using slow movements so he won’t know what I’m doing.
“I’m going to tell you two a story,” Alex says, sitting down when he finishes dragging the chair to place in front of us.
“Great, a bed time story. Could you be any sadder?” CJ taunts.
Alex just smirks. It’s creepy, deadly. He places the knife on his lap, leaning back in the chair casually, like he isn’t holding three people hostage.
Hostage.
God, how did we get here? How could he do this? This is Alex. I still can’t wrap my mind around it all. I honestly didn’t see this coming, not by a mile away.
“Seems we share more than DNA, brother. I don’t like bedtime stories, either,” Alex taunts back, his eyes hard.
“Brother?” CJ and I say simultaneously. My jaw falls slack, glancing between them. They are nothing alike… for which I’m thankful for.
Alex laughs, throwing his head back before focusing on us, his expression dead, changed completely from the person I know. I don’t even recognise him right now. And the more he talks, the more he doesn’t even sound like himself at all.
He taps his hand against his leg. “Let’s start from the beginning, shall we?”
“Yeah, why don’t you share how a family can all turn into a bunch of crazy sickos.”
I glance at CJ. “His nan seems pretty stable. She’s losing her mind, though,” I blurt out. I’m nervous and scared—it happens. I don’t even know why I said it.
He gazes down at me, his eyes twinkling, but I can see the penetrating fear behind them. He’s scared shitless, just like me.
“Cupcake,” he says dryly, rolling his eyes. “Like I said before:crazy.”
“Shut up!” Alex screams, jumping up from his chair and clutching his head.
He pulls the knife up in front of him, aiming it at CJ, and storms towards us. My hands are visibly shaking when I hold them up in front of me.
“Stay away from her,” CJ screams.
“No! Please, don’t hurt him,” I shout, but start screaming when Alex grabs a handful of hair and starts dragging me towards Lilian. I grab onto his wrist, at the same time trying to shuffle on my knees so I can keep up with him, trying to ease the pain in my scalp.
