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Chapter 23

"You did not just beat me!" Caspian says in disbelief as he stares at the screen. The screen is split, one displaying 1st place and the other second. The characters are still driving their carts across the track.

Tony grins at him while Caspian pouts.

"I think I just did!" Tony declares jumping out of his seat. "You just got owned by a ten year old!"

Caspian sticks his tongue out at Tony and the young boy returns the gesture. Suddenly, Caspian's out of his seated position and he tackles Tony to the ground. The kid squeals and the two roll over attempting to pin the other.

"Hey! You two stop wrestling you're going to knock something over," Johanna yells but still smiles at the two. She's glad that Caspian gets along so well with the kids and can entertain them when she can't.

"Aw Anna you're no fun!" Tony yells but scrambles out of Caspian's grasp anyways. He runs out of the room, yelling about playing with cars or something.

Johanna crosses the room and takes the bean bag that Tony was just sitting in. Her phone buzzes, and she pulls it out, expecting a text from Phil or something.

Blocked Number: 3

She sighs and clicks her phone off. She's been trying to figure out if anyone's been following them, but no one besides the family and the government know. The government has tracked the past 4 numbers, but they have no pattern. One appeared in London, one in Kansas and one even in the middle of the ocean. They're doing everything they can, but Johanna worries they're not going to be able to stop this, which scares her. She's even given them access to everything on her phone, so they've disabled nearly everything, but the text just came through, and she's worried.

"Hello? J? You there?" Caspian asks waving a hand in front of her face.

She blinks a few times before looking over at him. She didn't want anything to happen to him, he still didn't deserve to get dragged into this mess.

"Sorry, just got lost in my thoughts a bit," she mumbles.

"A bit?" Caspian questions with a laugh. "You looked like you were trying to see what was on the other side of that wall."

Johanna laughs a small laugh. She always feels better when she's around Cas.

"Since we've been bums all day, I think we should go out tonight, maybe do something illegal." She waggles her eyebrows suggestively.

Caspian raises an eyebrow at her.

"Sharon said no law breaking."

Johanna rolls her eyes.

"And you're still a goody two shoes." She sighs and shakes her head, despite smiling. "Let's sneak into a high school party then. Still underage drinking, just as loud, just as smelly, but we don't have to lie about our age. You in?"

Caspian sighs. He hates going against the rules, hence why he was so reluctant to go to Casey's that night. But just like that night, Caspian knows he wouldn't say no if Johanna asked him to kill someone. Well, maybe not if she asked something that extreme.

"Fine."

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"Do I look ok?" Johanna asks, turning around.

She looked great.

"You look cold," Caspian jokes.

Johanna rolls her eyes and continues putting on her mascara. She's wearing black shorts and a cream colored crop top. The top also had spaghetti straps, hence why Caspian said she looked cold. Johanna, despite the fact she was dressed nicely, was wearing tennis shoes. Caspian thought it was odd, so he decided to ask her about it.