"You ready for this?" Camila giggled nervously as she lightly kissed her girlfriend on the lips. "I'm so excited!"
"Yes, I'm ready." Isabel smiled at the blonde. "Is she coming to watch tonight?"
"No, but it'll be streaming on TV. Rhea's staying at home with her, but Skyla came."
Almost a month had passed since the near-death of Galen Hooks, but she had later been released from the hospital and sent to live with Rhea, along with a private doctor until she completely recovered. Isabel, meanwhile, had gone everywhere performing and was on the verge of dancing at an Ariana Grande concert.
"Has everything been going okay there?" she questioned.
"Afraid not. That chip thing seemed to have poisoned her and everything that can be done is being done. She's extremely sick right now, which is why she couldn't come, but it's hopefully not fatal. Rhea will alert us if anything goes wrong."
Isabel bit her lip. "Bad thing to say right before I'm about to go on."
"Sorry, but I promise we'll check on her later. Break a leg."
Ariana suddenly appeared next to them, looking slightly annoyed. "Izzy, we're starting in 20 minutes. Get in position!"
"Sorry, Ari."
Smiling, Isabel stepped on stage and took her place among the dancers...
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"That was amazing last night!" Skyla squealed as she shook her sister awake the next morning. "Come on, let me in the bed."
"Fine." Isabel groaned and rolled over as Skyla settled down next to her and kissed her cheek.
"Damn, you're tired."
"Yeah, whatever."
"Seriously, you went straight to sleep last night."
"Uh-huh. Where are Galen and Rhea?"
"Rhea and the doctor are downstairs, but one of them might leave soon..."
"What?" Isabel bolted upwards. "Why? What about Galen?"
"Um... Izzy..."
"Yes?" Her brown eyes glared daggers.
"They've done all they can. The medicine that's been administered to her... by the end of the day, it'll be apparent whether she survived... or didn't make it."
"You kidding me?" Isabel threw off her blanket and hurried out of the room, leaving Camila behind. Downstairs, she headed straight for the living room.
Rhea was curled up next to Galen on the couch, the dancer asleep and the gymnast awake, holding her against her body protectively. The doctor was standing next to them and looked up in surprise when Isabel approached.
"Why are you leaving?" she demanded immediately.
"I-"
"You can't just leave Galen here like this!"
All three of them exchanged glances, then Rhea shouted, "Camila, I TOLD YOU WE WEREN'T LEAVING!!"
Camila sheepishly appeared at the top of the stairs. "Sorry." She walked forward down the stairs and stopped in front of them.
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Revenge (Galen Hooks: Hunted- Book 3)
General FictionThe times of pain for Galen Hooks seem to be over now. However, before she had been rescued, a mysterious chip had been implanted into the right side of her chest and activated. She doesn't yet know what it does, but she needs to tell Rhea, Isabel a...
