The Sinner

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missed you guys

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Now this, was the last thing I was expecting.

To see him here, in front of me. Acting so casual, like it was so easy to see one another. And apparently he had shaved his head in the process of this past month I've been gone.

Somehow, someway, he still manages to pull that off.

Our eyes meet, and it's like my stomach is now on the floor with my feet. I couldn't think, couldn't move, couldn't form words. I was just in pure shock.

What the fuck was he doing here?

"Corrine," His voice sends shivers down my spine. Not good ones. Not the ones I've been used to. But at the same time his voice was different, he didn't say my name like he used to.

Hold on a second. Was he the reason we were bombarded by those men when the plane crashed?

"I knew you and Ward were behind this shit," Kiara says from next to me.

I honestly forgot she was here.

This moment was so intense between the two of us that I forgot she was standing next to me. But it was honestly for the best that our weird little moment got interrupted, because I just realize now that our eyes had been linked this entire time.

"What are you talking about? Are you trying to weasel in on my deal?" Rafe snaps back at her. "Bring her along to distract me?"

Her.

Why is he saying my name like that? Like I'm the one that did something wrong?

"We got ripped away from our friends Rafe, and you just so happen to be at the house that was responsible for it? Don't tell me that you had nothing to do with it," Kiara shouts.

I wanted to jump in, I did. But my brain was still comprehending that he was actually standing here in front of me. And I wasn't dreaming.

"Kiara shut up, you always have some sort of wack ass conspiracy theory that's never—"

"—That's enough," Another man's voice says suddenly. "I wondered if this little reunion would cause sparks."

I didn't even bother looking over to see who's voice it was. I couldn't look away from him. I couldn't.

"...Who are you?" Rafe asks, his hand sliding down his jaw.

I was in complete utter shock that he was here right now. I thought our reunion would've been back on the island, not here.

I didn't even have the time to process I would be running into him. How could I? But now my body is going into some kind of breakdown because he's here and I didn't have time to prepare myself for it.

"My name is Carlos Singh," The man says, "And you're Mr. Cameron...Ms Carrera, and, Ms Barlow, over there."

Rafe's icy blue eyes flash to me when he hears my last name. The urge to vomit suddenly washed over me. And it was only then that I tore my eyes away from him.

I finally look at the unfamiliar man who had mysteriously appeared just a couple seconds ago. He was short, and had dark features. Mr. Singh, I think I heard was his name. He must be the one that kidnapped Kiara and I.

"I do apologize for the rough tactics in bringing you both here," He says, looking back between Kiara and I. "But please, come. Sit down."

Rafe, Kiara, and I didn't move an inch.

"Come now, I don't bite."

Kiara was the first to follow him. I glance up at Rafe, to see his eyes were running down my body.