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She spun around, and I rushed behind her, hoping that she was going to have more tact when she asked Alexander to leave our group.

But it turned out that I had been worried for nothing. When we got back into the house, Alexander was shaking Kelly’s grandma’s hand and thanking her for the hospitality.

“I must get back to my friends,” he told the room. “Thank you for letting me come along.”

I crossed my arms and eyed him suspiciously. This seemed almost too

easy.

Alexander came over to me, and when he grabbed one of my hands in his warm grip, my heart skipped a beat.

Slowly, he leaned down and whispered in my ear.

“Remember your promise to be careful,” he murmured. “I don’t know what I’d do if anything happened to you.”

When he pulled away, I flushed from his words and the fact that everyone was staring at us.

My cheeks were still burning even after Alexander walked out of the house.

Once he was gone, Ava turned to Aiden and Richard, who had been gone a suspiciously long time in the bathroom. In the back of my mind, I wondered if he had searched this house like he had done to Kelly’s apartment

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After Ava explained the plan, we set off after thanking Kelly’s grandma.


quickly since we knew

giving him directions from her phone, Kelly turned to

to you before he left?”

squirmed in my seat, unsure how

“I’m sure he told her he loved

teased.

hands in my

sorry, I asked,” Kelly said, and her eyes widened. “I didn’t know it had been a

we made it to the first location, and we explored the area quickly. Although the area was beautiful, with a quiet pond

same in the second

between the group that this was our last chance. As we drove, the

we search the area

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was met with silence. Nobody wanted to

told Richard since he had slowed the car down until we were only going

but the rain

drove past us and were illuminated

sleek red Corvette for a moment, and

car that had tried to run me

me with wide eyes. “Is that…” She trailed off like she was

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