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Chapter 31 - The best you can do

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Start from scratch

Chapter 31 – The best you can do

No One's POV

As Jade jumped in the cab of the S-Mart van, she was aware of three things. The first of which was that they had just kidnapped someone and needed to get back to New York City before anyone came looking for Cat or Annie. The second thing was the fact that she was in an emotional tailspin from all the events of this afternoon, Tori's recent encounter with Cat and her lingering anger with Tori. The third thing was that Tori was still crying.

Her instincts told her to deal with Tori first or maybe just scream, but priorities were priorities. She needed to get out of town, plain and simple. Pushing her own feelings and Tori' out of her mind, she focused on getting to the highway as soon as possible. The fact she wasn't familiar with Boston didn't help, but the map app on her phone gave her a route.

Making her way through the seemingly labyrinth Boston streets, Jade finally found the on-ramp for the highway heading towards New York City.

It was dark as Jade emerged onto the freeway and she could see most of the other vehicles on the road were semi-trucks. It was only after she had merged into the late evening traffic, did Jade realize she had been holding the steering wheel with an almost death like grip.

She looked over to Tori, who had stopped crying and was numbly staring out the window. Jade wanted to speak, but found herself suddenly unable to talk. She wasn't sure if she was supposed to yell at Tori, cry, or breathe a sigh of relief. She felt emotionally overwhelmed.

Unable to speak, Jade focused her eyes on the road and drove, the only sound that could be heard was that of the engine and wheels on the pavement.

Jade lost track of the time as they drove, dividing her attention between the semi in front of her and her turbulent thoughts.

"It's 8:00 now." Said Tori in a soft voice, breaking the stillness.

"By now, they know two of their flock are missing. Vega could you do me a favor?"

"What?"

"In my bag, next to me, there is a small vial of liquid. It's the Rohypnol that Barbie got for me to use on Annie, could you pour it out please. I'd rather not hold on to it.

"Sure." Tori said as she began to dig through Jade's bag.

After a moment of searching, the vial was discovered. Tori then poured it out the window and chucked the vial itself, just to be sure it was gone.

"Thank you, Tori."

The ice had been broken, but only just. The conversation was stilted and their word spoken cautiously. Each felt like they were somehow walking through a minefield, where if the wrong thing was spoken the other would explode.

"I've been thinking Jade?"

"About what?"

"Lots of things, but I did realize sending Annie to her parents actually works better for us. Originally, she'd wake in her own apartment or be able to sound the alarm that Cat had been kidnapped. Now, she's on her way home. Even if the cult members get in their apartment, they'll find nothing to indicate any foul play. So, if they call the police, what can they say? Um... two of our members didn't show up for bible study. The cops will think it's a joke and hang up. The cult members will know something's wrong, but they won't be able to do much about it."