CHAPTER 86 JESS

I woke up to the dull ache of my head pounding. I sucked in the air but coughed - it was musty and irritated my lungs. It was dark wherever this was. I was lying face down on a bed that smelled like mold, the sheets rough and grimy against my skin. My hands were tied behind my back, and every breath made the duct tape across my mouth feel tighter.

Shit.

He must have knocked me unconscious after Laura made a run

for it.

Laure, I hope she made it. It's not like my life depended on it or anything, but it kind of did. If this is how I go out because she couldn't run fast enough, I might hold it against her and will take it up once she joins me in the afterlife.

My head throbbed, and my entire left arm was numb, a heavy, lifeless weight. I tried to shift, but the pain shot through me, searing and hot running from my shoulder to my hand. If I had thought it had been dislocated before, I'm sure now. I bit down on a scream, tears streaking down my face as I twisted myself onto my back.

At least now, I wasn't inhaling the musty sheets that smelled like moth balls. I lay still for a few seconds, taking inventory of everything that hurt. My cheek wasn't throbbing anymore. Small

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victories, I thought bitterly.

trying to breathe through the panic. You need to get the hell out

tightened as I swallowed against the bile rising

you need to move.

grew louder, angry and tense, just beyond the

Now, one is missing! Man, how stupid can you be?" I knew that voice. I would always know that

Bryan...

someone-probably the guy with the

cap.

felt the fear claw at me, threatening to pull

the room, searching for anything,

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The bathroom door was slightly ajar, the only place I could hide, the only place with a lock. If I could just get there, maybe it would

some time to

was yelling

tiny bit

had to keep going. I reached the chair by the dresser bending forward awkwardly to lift it with my tied hands. The weight of it was almost too much, my arms screaming in protest as I

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