"Visitor for Jeremy Horson!"
Jeremy's legs are slightly shaking when he stands up and begins to walk towards the visitor room.
He has never felt so nervous before, and it is all because of that man.
Jeremy knows, now, that he should have never made that agreement with him.
But he needed the money, and Peter was more than dying to hurt Mila.
Though now, Jeremy knows why he wanted to hurt Mila so much.
That is what makes him scared.
He is scared for his own life, now.
"Hello, Jeremy. Long time."
A shutter goes through Jeremy's back, and he is tempted to walk out of here before he begins to talk.
But he remembers the last time he talked on the phone with him. "Cut the crap with all that formality, Jeremy. I'm coming to Peter's trial in a couple of days, and I expect to pay you a visit for more information. Therefore you better have something I can use, or else I'm afraid accidents happen. Even in jail."
Jeremy takes a seat across the man.
"So, I have been paying Peter some visits currently. I had offered him to do your job, but unfortunately, he wasn't so keen on the idea. I guess he got a soft spot for that girl, anyway." The man adjusts his suit, "Anyhow, I made sure that Peter gets some extra time in here to comprehend the things I have told him before he gets sent out to his permanent location."
"P-Permanent l-location?" Jeremy stutters out.
"You didn't think I would let you two live after everything I have told you, did you?"
By the look of Jeremy's face, he was counting on that.
The man laughs. "Oh, Jeremy. I just needed you two to do all my dirty work, and be my scapegoats. I killed one yesterday; the one I told you to kill before you got locked up. I had to make it look like suicide since neither you nor Peter could have done it when you are behind bars."
"You are sick." Jeremy spits. He doesn't care anymore. He knows, now, that he is a dead man once he walks out of here.
The man stands up. "Use your last hours wisely, Jeremy. I wouldn't want you to waste them."
♦︎
Mila looks out on the ocean waves.
She has always found them soothing.
But nothing seems to soothe her, now.
When she saw the body 5, days ago, she was able to identify it.
Kyle made a few phone calls for her since she wasn't able to make them herself.
Then they drove back to California, where Mila met up with Nick and Robert.
At the Carlson resident, Tasha was heartbroken on Mila's behalf. And she understood when Mila said that she was going to move in with Nick and her dad.
Robert has finally found a bigger apartment in the city, and there is room for both Mila and Nick.
A lot has happened in nearly a week.
Chelsea's funeral is today.
Mila is wearing a long black dress. One her mom once bought for her.
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