#Chapter 54: No Coincidences

Nina

Jessica, Lori and I had begun setting up camp not far from where the businessman had been murdered when I heard twigs and leaves crunching in the forest.

Someone was coming.

“Oh my god,” Jessica complained as she fiddled with her tent poles, “this is impossible! Lori, I need help!”

“Guys,” I said, but they didn’t hear me.

“I just helped you two minutes ago,’ Lori said, standing and walking over to Jessica with her hands on her hips while Jessica whined.

“Shh!” I said, which made them finally go quiet. “Do you hear that?”

My heart raced as I listened to the footsteps. They were getting louder, and definitely headed directly for our camp. I glanced over at my tent, which had the shotgun inside- 11 I could just get over there before anything bad happened.

“Hello?” a male voice called out from the woods.

I knew that voice anywhere; it was Enzo.

And hearing it didn’t make me any less terrified.

He stepped out into the clearing, holding a bundle of firewood with a backpack on his back and a big, stupid grin on his face.

if he hadn’t followed us out here. I knew I should’ve stopped Luke! “Fancy seeing. you

had said in

camping, too?” Lori said while I only continued inching toward my tent in silence, trying to get closer to the shotgun in case Enzo suddenly decided that we knew too much and that he’d need

at me just as I w novelxo.com fast updateas about to reach into the tent for the shotgun, his eyes flashing red for a split second as if to warn me not to

guys should camp with us!”

Lori growled,

replied. “It’ll be fun. You’d

of our morals, but her nonchalance toward him in the cafeteria the other day made me wonder now if he was using some

Jessica

there was no way out now. Regardless of what I said, he would. find a way

another grin at my response, then looked up

pit and setting down the firewood he had so nonchalantly collected on his way

in… Graduate student

of game was Enzo playing with

could

me, her

I shrugged in return. There

said. “I don’t know what came over me

it is,’ Lori growled, stomping back over to her tent

I said, knowing that it wasn’t Jessica’s fault. “Maybe it will be

in the morning, I thought

to my dismay, James

they entered the clearing with their things. I blushed, mumbling a quiet “Hey”, and quickly looked away as I felt both James and Enzo’s eyes on me at the

empty spot next to Lori’s tent, unaware that he would be barking up the wrong tree if he

Enzo could learn from.

Enzo walked over to me while I pretended to

“Hey,” he said quietly.

front of me and pulled something out of his pocket, handing

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