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My stomach lurches to my mouth. The force so strong and so sudden that it makes me want to throw up right here on the spot.
How hadn’t I put it together before? The answer is so obvious.
“Hidden in plain sight,” I whisper. The words Sgt. Daniels had said the other night hitting me with the speed of a freight train.
My eyes ping-pong back and forth, not focusing on any one thing in particular.
I know where Lorna is.
“I know where Lorna is,” I rush out, snapping my neck in Cole’s direction.
The divots in his forehead deepen the more his confusion grows. I haven’t explained myself further but it’s because I’m trying to process it all myself as well.
Shock, that’s what I have to be in.
A batch of giggles escapes and I know I look ridiculous, but I also know I’m right. I have to be. No other answer makes sense.
“We knew she had to be close, right?”
All three of them nod, and the unison is so straight lined you’d think they’d practiced it before.
I point a hand in Finn’s direction. “And you said she liked when Abram was gone. Preferred somewhere else?”
My heart pounds, but the impact of it all never wavers.
“Sh-she’s at your house. She’s atyourhouse, Cole,” I divulge, repeating myself in my own haste. “Lorna’s been at the Kellets’ the entire time.”
Jackhammering, my heart pulsates, overwhelmed by the truth.
“Think about it,” I say, gripping Cole’s elbow. “None of us hang out there. You’re always over at the Caspers’. It’s close enough that she can hide out undetected but keep an eye on us.”
I shake his limb, desperate in my need for him to see it too. For them all to understand.
“It makes sense,” I add, staring at both Finn and Eli when Cole does nothing. They see it, don’t they? Believe me?
My eyes land back up on Iceman’s and he’s stuck, frozen to his spot. Not even shaking his arm does any good. Those shoulder blades of his are stiff peaks.
“Excuse me,” Eli acknowledges, putting his phone to his ear, as he sees himself out of the room. It barely does anything to impact that swirling ball of dread that’s come back as the adrenaline of it all starts to settle.
A part of me briefly wonders if he’d taken it because it was easier than accepting what I’ve figured out. The impact of what I know is true.
Cole’s gaze is blank. Physically he’s here but mentally he’s somewhere else. I can tell that in the way his eyes have hooded over.
What are you grasping, Iceman?
“Does Silas know?”
“I would assume so, but it’s a big house.” Cole acknowledges, answering Finn’s question since that seems to be the only thing he can do other than stare.
Finn’s teeth grind and my temple throbs.
“This is such a mess,” he balks.
I don’t disagree. Abram and Silas choose this exact moment to come back. Coffees and a box of what I assume are donuts in hand.
Neither of them manages to get a word in because Eli’s right behind them. Phone stuck to his ear like glue, hot on their heels.
The air ripples around him.
