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Nox looks between the three of us. “Why do you keep saying different names?”
I roll my eyes. “Fucking Carol.”
“Stupid fucking name,” the three of us say at the same time.
I turn to Sloane. “Has she still been bothering you?”
He shrugs. “Not much. Still tries to talk to me, but I mostly ignore her and she goes away.”
I frown, narrowing my eyes. “She touches you…”
“You’ll be the first to know.”
I nod. “Is it my turn?” They nod and I think. “What’s one thing you could never live without?”
“Cheese,” Nox says automatically.
“Water,” Dr. Price says with a smirk.
I roll my eyes at him and turn to face Sloane and Zane. “Tutoring.” He stares into my eyes, making me think that’s not what he meant. “I would fail math and science without you.”
“You,” Zane says easily.
We go round and round, asking stupid, meaningless questions, avoiding the more difficult topics. Zane puts another movie on as we lie down. I’m out before the beginning credits finish. We don’t get to the pillow fight but it’s still the best night I’ve ever had.
Sloane
It’s the end of September now and I’ve been training harder, since hockey starts in October. I started showing up earlier when I realized that Viv is the person that runs the track around the rink on the third floor before her swim. I can hear her sneakers squeaking every so often when I’m listening hard. I’ve just lined up a perfect shot when I hear a feminine shout from above me. I don’t even pause to take my skates off, just taking the laces off and kicking them off my feet as I hurry up the stairs.
I’m expecting the worst when I fling the door open and run into the track. What I’m not expecting is to find Viv bashing a guy’s head in against one of the railings while there is another one lying dead on the ground in a puddle of his own blood.
Viv raises wide eyes to mine before relaxing when she realizes it’s just me. “They’re a month earlier than I guessed.”
I just stare at her before pulling my phone out of my pocket. Nox answers on the second ring. “Do you realize how fucking early it is?” he snaps.
“I need you to wipe the footage from the Sports and Health Center that shows Viv or two guys dressed in black who were here to assassinate her.”
“What the fuck?” Nox exclaims.
Viv scoffs at me. “They were here to kidnap me, not kill me.”
She grabs her book bag, pulling out a bottle and rubs some kind of liquid into her hands before putting a pair of rubber gloves on. “Send Cain and Z here now! We’ve got two bodies just sitting out in the open.”
“Already on it,” Nox snaps.
I hear him yelling in the background. “They’re on their way. Try to clean up as much as you can.” Then he hangs up.
I run down the hall to the nearest janitor’s closet, grabbing a bunch of black trash bags. I come back and Viv holds her hand out for the bags. Watching in complete shock, I just stand there as she wipes down the bodies and sprays the bags with whatever the hell that stuff is. She folds the bleeding guy into a trash bag. Well, at least she double bagged him like cans in a grocery store. My stomach rolls when I hear the snapping of bone as she alters him to get him to fit.
My eyes blink as she ties the bags closed. I watch her do the exact same thing with the other body. This guy’s smaller, so she gets away with just shoving him in the bags without breaking any bones. The sound of footsteps approaching makes me curse, and I dart down the hall to stop whoever decided today was a good day for an early morning run. I breathe a sigh of relief when I find that it’s just Cain and Z. “Thank God.” I pull them into a hug.
“What happened?” Cain demands.
I shake my head. “I have no idea, I was practicing. I heard her yell and raced up to see her bashing guynumero dos’shead in. She’s in there cleaning up like it’s second nature right now.”
Z claps his hands. “I’m so excited to see this.” He hurries off into the track, leaving Cain and I to stare at each other. I fidget uncomfortably under his gaze. “What do you know?” he snaps.
I scratch the back of my neck. “Viv’s real name is Viviana. She knew people would come looking for her. That’s all I know. Swear it.”
