Tangled
Chapter 279
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279 Ava: Best Friends Together Again
Kellan nods reluctantly, trudging off the porch with slow steps. I shake my head, still smiling, and step inside.
“Lisa?” I call out. "It's safe to come out now. I've banished the big bad wolf."
A muffled curse comes from the direction of my bedroom, followed by the sound of shuffling feet. Lisa appears in the doorway, wrapped in'a towel, her wet hair dripping onto the shoulders.
"Is he really gone?" she asks, peering around me suspiciously.
I nod. "He's outside. I told him to give you some space."
Lisa's shoulders relax, and she pads over to the couch, sinking into it with a heavy sigh. "Thank God. I thought he was going to break down the bathroom door. I had to kick him out because he kept peeking in to make sure I was okay. While showering"
"Yes, I'm not surprised." I toss a few things at her to wear. Shirt, pants, underwear. "These aren't fancy, but none of us got to bring our wardrobe."
"I never realized what a luxury clothes are," Lisa agrees, unperturbed by the mismatched and style-less choices, hopping into the bathroom to get dressed. "Do you happen to have a hair dryer?" "Nope."
"Damn. Oh, well."
Lisa emerges from the bathroom, striking an exaggerated pose in the oversized clothes I've given her. The baggy fabric hangs off her frame, accentuating how thin she's become.
"How do I look?" she asks, her voice playful but strained.
My heart clenches painfully in my chest. "Fabulous as always," I manage, forcing a smile. "You could make a potato sack look good."
our shoulders touching. For a moment, we just sit there, the silence
look years older. "I don't want to think about it right now, if that's okay." She reaches for my hand, squeezing it tightly. "Can we just focus on the fact that
her voice gentle. "Don't
keep spilling out, raw and painful. "There was no way to get to you. We didn't know where you were, and then we did, but we were powerless to save you immediately, and then... then there was the funeral, too." My stomach churns at the memory. "All
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there. I felt like I was
explain. I get it, okay? I hate that our... our selfishness brought all this tragedy to Westwood. If anyone should
silence. There's so much I want to say, so many questions I want to ask,
clasped, lost in
Lisa says, "So, do you have
"I think so, but we'd have to let Kellan in. He's been feeding and watering me.
flashes across her face. "Though the food
"Still, he orders it."
that I
"And olives."
adds
"Sounds like you aren't too unhappy with how things have
Ava. You don't understand. I was just standing there, and then this giant wolf comes out of nowhere growling and ready to tear us apart. All the other wolves don't even fight him, and then-ugh. Anyway, when
a peck. Not a smooch. He just grabbed me like this-" she moves her arms in the air around
on my hand. "Was it
was mind-blowing. Like sex, but with only mouths. But everyone was watching. And then he
hide my amusement, I ask, “Did he tell
beat me within an inch of my life if I was ever kidnapped again. Oh, and then he
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