Remember

Chapter 8: Shadow Man II

The second I hang up with Parker, I head toward the mall entrance.

He told me to wait outside.

For the next ten minutes, I stand there surrounded by shopping bags, replaying my argument with Sawyer and getting angrier every time.

Find your own ride home.

Asshole.

A black Mercedes pulls up to the curb.

The passenger window lowers, revealing Parker behind the wheel.

He smiles.

"Need a ride?"

Relief washes through me.

"Desperately."

The doors unlock.

I climb inside and pile the shopping bags around my feet.

Maybe getting into cars with men I've known for less than a day shouldn't become a habit.

At least this one doesn't seem to hate me.

"Where to?" Parker asks.

I freeze.

Right.

I don't actually know Lisa's address.

"I—hold on."

Sawyer's phone is still in my hand.

I open his messages and find Drew.

It's Maple. Sawyer left me at the mall. What's Lisa's address?

The response comes almost immediately.

HE WHAT?

I smile despite myself.

A second message appears.

5456 Tillamook Drive. Are you okay?

I'm fine. Got a ride.

The typing bubble appears.

Then disappears.

Then appears again.

I lock the phone before Drew can interrogate me.

"5456 Tillamook Drive."

Parker types the address into his GPS.

"Got it."

We pull away from the mall.

For the first few minutes, I watch the route on the screen just to make sure we're actually going where he says we're going.

Paranoid?

Maybe.

But I've already gotten into two strangers' cars since losing my memory.

I should probably develop at least one survival instinct.

"Your cousin ditch you?"

I turn toward Parker.

"My cousin?"

"At the mall."

Oh.

Right.

The lie.

"You could say that."

Parker glances at me.

"Sounds like a great cousin."

"He's..."

I picture Sawyer's face.

"Complicated."

Parker laughs quietly.

"I know the type."