#Chapter 53: It’s a Small World

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I had only just woken up after a mostly sleepless night of wishing I could just explain everything to Nina without either scaring her or pushing her away, when I heard banging on my front door. Groaning, I dragged myself out of bed and opened the door to a surprise: Luke.

“She’s up to something,” he said, without so much as a greeting, and pushed his way past me into my living room.

“What? Nina?” I asked, still rubbing the sleep from my eyes as I watched the anxious skeleton pace back and forth across my apartment. It was times like this that I was glad to not have roommates.

“I don’t know exactly what she’s doing, but she’s definitely up to something that is very much notgood,” he said, a little too quickly for me to fully comprehend exactly what was going on in my tired mind.

“Wait… Luke, slow down. What’s happening?” I asked.

Luke stormed over to me and took me by both shoulders, shaking me back and forth.

“Nina is being lured into a trap!” he

shouted.

There were a few moments of silence as we stared at each other, the reality of the situation slowly sinking in.

Finally, I understood what was going on; panic mode started to set in.

“Where is she? How do you know? Is she alone? Is she hurt? Tell me what’s happening, god dammit!” I shouted as I ran around my apartment like a

madman, throwing on yesterday’s dirty clothes as images of Nina being brutally murdered or kidnapped by a crazy person flashed through my mind.

“If you would give me a chance, I would tell you!” Luke shouted, his usual monotone voice now bellowing so loudly it shook the glass of water on my nightstand.

around like a chicken with its head cut

she was at work,” Luke said. novelxo.com fast update“He sat down in a window booth. When she went over to him, she looked terrified; he gave her a

that’s right, a gun shop and walked out with a shotgun. The last I saw of her,

of town

a car full of

Why on earth would she need a

now my sole purpose was to find Nina

a duffel bag from my closet

and I found this. The newspaper that the guy in the diner gave her. My best guess is that she’s trying to investigate… Because

away from

“This is…”

where I had him and they did him in. I’m not sure why, exactly, but my only guess is that that guy who showed up to the diner last night had something to do with

have given her

and I saw how terrified Nina looked, I got suspicious,” Luke replied. “So I looked through the windows of his truck. There was a business card on

pocket and continuing to

be able to catch up with her

did so. I couldn’t just randomly show up in the woods and drag Nina home; for starters, I didn’t want to get shot,

who I knew would agree to a last-minute camping trip like this, plus

in, like, ten minutes. Oh, and is it alright if I bring my roommate?

though.”

whatever,” I said, rolling my eyes, and hung up

was standing on the quad when I saw Matt and

almost audibly groaned when

recognized his roommate immediately.

guy that Nina had

going on dates with.

this is my roommate James,” Matt

his hand. ” Nice to meet you,” he said,

a smile and shook his hand

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