CHAPTER 82

LUKE

You've got to help. It's Jess and Laura... something's wrong."

My chest tightened like a vice. "What do you mean? What happened? Talk Sam! Use your fucking words!" My voice was sharper than I meant it to be, but panic was already creeping in.

Sam took a shaky breath, trying to steady herself. "I got to the house, and the front door was wide open. I thought maybe they heard me coming and just left it like that, so I walked in." She hesitated, tears welling up in her eyes.

"But the house was empty. I looked everywhere-Jess's room, the living room... nothing. But their stuff was there. They definitely got ready for prom."

Josh's face was drained of color, his fists clenching so hard that his knuckles turned white. "And then what?" he demanded, his

voice tight with fear.

Sam swallowed hard, her voice barely a whisper as she continued. "I went back outside, thinking maybe I missed something. And that's when I saw it... I ran right over it without even noticing." Her voice cracked, and the words came tumbling out. "Blood. There was blood The world around me went silent. The music, the laughter-it all faded away, leaving just the sound of my heart pounding in my

ears.

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blood?" I asked, my voice strained,

know what else to do, so

racing. "You didn't call the fucking cops?" Josh growled, the drunken

they left their phones?"

I don't think... I don't think I saw their phones. Maybe they have them with them?" Sam said, clinging to that thin hope. I pulled

Josh, who was already on it. "The cops

phone! It's ten miles from the house! Let's fucking go!" Josh started to move, but I

tell them what happened!" I said, holding him back. Josh paused, torn between chasing after Laura and doing what needed to be

over, her usual smirk plastered on her face. She looked between Sam, Josh, and me, her eyebrows raised in amusement. "What's the

and I saw her mouth drop open, and her eyes went a little wide at my tone. "Shit. I didn't mean to yell at you."

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with frustration. The last thing we needed was her

to her. "So serious," she muttered under her breath, crossing her arms over

turning to Josh with a look of desperation in her eyes. "Josh... Do you think it could

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