Gone Too Soon (Police Officer/Delinquent Relationship) BOOK 2

Chapter 34

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"You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one."

My dad should call anytime now?

"My dad?" My heart fluttered wildly in my chest. My eyes narrowed slightly as I struggled to make sense of what Carmen said.

So.... I'm confused.

They came all this way to Wake Forest to take a call from him?

They could have visited him in jail face to face. They didn't have to travel 17 hours away to take a call from him.

It didn't make sense but I recognized the bad feeling that was putting pressure on my chest.

I had a terrible feeling that I was wrong to quickly believe what Daxton Brooks had said. How could I have been so naïve?!

"You have to get out of here!" I felt the veil of panic closing in. "Get up! Go!"

"How about we grab some food after your dad calls." Aunt Carmen grimaced and motioned with her hand for me to come sit, again.

Didn't she hear me?!

"I said you have to get out of here!" I yanked open the front door and waved my hand frantically, motioning for them to move.

---To do something!

----To save themselves!

"Give us a tour around Wake Forest, Maisie. Where are the best places to eat?"

Where they drugged?

Why are they ignoring what I'm saying?

"Hello! Hear me!"

I couldn't ignore the growing knot of tension in my throat. Something was very wrong. My brain was practically blaring at me: Red Alert! Red Alert! Danger Approaching!

"My dad wouldn't put us in any danger," I tried to rationalize with my brain. "This is his mother and sister! He wouldn't hurt them. He wouldn't hurt me."

Maybe this was him ensuring all of our safety from the cloud.

---But I knew I had to trust my gut because it had always been right.

It told me about the danger of Sterling and Mr. Pratt.