⠀⠀11. DIVING INTO THE UNKNOWN

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CHAPTER ELEVEN

❛ DIVING INTO THE UNKNOWN ❜

don't let me drown.


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           "YOU WERE LISTENING BEHIND THE DOOR?" Steve stepped forward and closed the bathroom door behind him. He didn't seem pleased.

"Not really, I was just passing by." Rory tried to defend herself. 

"It didn't look like it. Miles left you alone, did he?" He sneered, spitting poison.

"No." She replied harshly. "And Nancy, she's had enough of you, hasn't she?"

He looked away from her and clenched his hands so tightly that his nails dug into his skin.

"Don't test my patience today, Rory." He muttered. It sounded more like a request.

"You know what?" She downed the rest of her drink in one gulp. "I think we need to talk."

There was no point in being afraid to broach the subject with Steve, even if it was extremely delicate. It shouldn't be too difficult. I mean, she'd been in a lab, she'd faced the police chief, surely it wouldn't be difficult to talk to this guy.

"I'd like you to clarify something for me." She looked thoughtful as she put her hand to her chin and shifted her weight to her other leg. "Were you talking about Barb? Barbara Holland, right?"

In a sudden movement, Steve approached her and put his hand over her mouth in alarm as he looked around to see if anyone had heard her.

"Look, I have no idea what you know about this or what you've heard," he said breathlessly. "But it's certainly not what you think it is."

"What," she whispered, looking up into his dark eyes in the middle of the dimly lit corridor, "are you telling me that Nancy was lying when she said both of you killed her?"

"No, no, no, we didn't kill-" He took a deep, worried breath. "That's not true. You don't know what happened, it was..."

"An accident?"

"Rory, you don't know anything about it, so please don't make it up or spread it around, okay?"

"Uh, that's what you think. I know very well that she disappeared completely exactly one year ago and that nobody knows anything about her yet. I've seen the newspapers."

"Just the newspapers? That's not saying a lot. You've only been here for a month and you think you know a lot about this place and the people?" He put his hands on his hips and shook his head in denial.

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