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She hadn’t commanded him, I realized.
He was a yes man.
He only did what mommy told him to do.
“Can I at least say goodbye to her,” I asked.
“Of course, son…I’m not a monster. And here…”
She pulled a vial of clear liquid forward from her pocket and handed it to me along with a capped syringe.
“I’d suggest writing her a letter…and advising that neither she nor your brothers come looking for you. We’ll be in a field about one and half clicks east of this hotel. Don’t make me have to come back here.”
Rushing to Rain’s side the second they were out of the room; I administered the entire vial.
“Fuck, fuck, fuck…Stizzy, come on baby…wake up for me. Please.” Feeling for a pulse, I could feel it thumping wildly under my fingertips.
Placing her on the bed, I yanked my cellphone out and shot of a text message to the family group chat.
Hurry to the hotel, Rain needs help. I have to go, but mom is alive.
The next thing that I did was write a quick later to Rain, that I folded and placed my cellphone on top.
My mother had planned this down to the last detail but there was something else going on that I couldn’t quite figure out.
The only way to do this and to keep Rain safe was to go with her.
I had to disappear into a nightmare of my own making.
Chapter 24
Rain
Three months later…
Cheese. Just the mere smell of it would send me over the edge and I hated it. For weeks, of course, I’d ignored it because there was no way in hell that this was happening to me.
Until finally I couldn’t ignore the overwhelming urge to vomit every time I tried to put shredded cheese on my omelets.
And omelets.
I didn’t like eggs enough to be making omelets every three minutes.
Hey,I shot a text off to Nora.
I’d also been avoiding my sister. Avoiding everyone actually after the last what…six messy ass months.
Oh, this is unexpected,Nora replied instantly.
I checked the time on the phone and saw it was a little past six, she was probably just leavingDeluca Tech.
Taking a deep breath, I wrote out another text message.Can you come over?
She responded instantly. Of course, I’ve missed you so much. Like family dinners haven’t been the same.
Fuck, she thinks this is a real social call,a sigh escaped from my dry-ass fucking lips.
I wanted to vomit and my lips hurt so bad.
