Changed Time

Chapter Sixteen

"Are you two back together again?" Jessie asked as we walked out of the diner. "Because if you aren't, and we have to split up the children, I'm not going with Zach."

I rolled my eyes. "Did you get supplies?"

Jessie nodded. "Yeah, Sophie and Paige are putting it in the trunk." She started walking with us. "Oh, and Paige wanted to talk to you, Drew." She grabbed my arm and stopped. Wyatt looked at us, also stopping. "It's good, Wyatt, I just need to chat with Drew." Wyatt looked at her for a moment then nodded. I watched him walk away then turned to Jessie. "Look, I know you want to find Jamie's murderers, but we have enough information now. You have a clear description of the guys, you can say you saw them kidnapping a girl who matched Jamie's description, or Olivia's description."

I narrowed my eyes. "You're saying that we should go to the police?"

"I'm saying that we should stop before somebody gets hurt. I mean, what if these guys find out that they have someone on their tail and decide that they're going to do something about it? What if they take Paige or me or Sophie?" Jessie shifted on her feet. "This could get really dangerous, Drew."

"Nobody is keeping you here, Jessie."

She sighed. "You know that isn't true. I'm not going to leave you or Wyatt."

I sighed. I always forget that Jessie is younger than me, sure only by a year, but she's still younger.

"Look, Jessie," I took her hands in mine and she gave me a small smile, "I would never let anything happen to you, okay. Never. And neither would Wyatt." I looked into her green eyes.

She shot her eyes to her shoes. "Sometimes, you can't control things like that." And without another word, she walked away from me.

"Jessie," I tried, but she kept walking.

What did I drag her into?