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“You people are the damn authors of chaos. One wedding was too much, so you decided that planning two was a good idea. What is it that you want from me?”
“Talk to Caitlin when you get a chance. You’re the only one who can get her to calm down.”
“Where is she?”
“That’s why I’m here. I think her sister and grandfather gave her something; she’s been acting weird.”
“What do you mean gave her something?” She mimicked smoking, and the tic in my jaw activated.
“Where are you going, Colton?”
“To kill the pothead and send your daughter off to that MCS school in London.”
“Now, Colt, you wouldn’t do that to those people.”
“Yeah, you’re right. She’d have those people retiring at thirty.” Fuck!
* * *
JESSICA
* * *
I wokefrom the strangest dream I’ve ever had, only to realize that it wasn’t a dream. I was still lying on the cold floor, my head still felt like it was filled with cotton wool, and my chest was about to cave in. From the smell all around me, I was sure I had soiled myself, and I just felt all around miserable.
My phone rang as if on cue and I rushed to answer as everything that happened before I fell came rushing back to me. I fumbled with the phone before answering as quickly as I could. “Hello!”
“Who?”
“Gilbert Charleston Wallis…. Hello, hello, are you there?”
“One minute, I’m checking the information.”
“Where’s the antidote?”
“In the bedroom, but so is the snake. Good luck.” She hung up on me again. “You bitch!” How much time do I have? Where in the bedroom? And where is the snake? I had trouble getting to my feet and fell twice before I was able to.
I still have no idea what happened or even how it happened. I hadn’t eaten anything since walking through the door. Was this like the time I shit myself at work? No, this felt even worse than that. I needed to jump in the shower to get cleaned up, but I only had minutes to find the antidote.
I crawled out of the bathroom on my hands and knees because my head was still spinning, looking around for the snake. It wasn’t hanging off the door like it was before and it was nowhere in the living spaces that I could see.
She’d said it was in the bedroom. Wait, how did she know there was a snake in here or where it was? The feeling of eyes on me was more disconcerting than anything else that had happened thus far.
I heard the hissing sound of the snake just as the door behind me opened, and someone stood over me. Then, there was a prick in my arm, and everything went dark again.
* * *
BRITTANY
* * *
I almost jumpedout of my skin when the screen went black. I’d been watching Jessica crawl around on the floor after the phone call, enjoying her fear and confusion. And then, suddenly, things went dark. What the hell happened?
I tapped on my phone as if that would bring the video back, but nothing happened, of course. I sat there for a few minutes, not sure what I should do next. Did she get to the antidote in time? Was she dead?
I’m not sure I wanted her dead. Just as I was about to go into panic overload, the image came back, but only this time she wasn’t there. I switched to the cameras in the other rooms, and nothing, poof, she was gone. “What the hell is going on?”
There was a sound at my office door, and I looked up to see my husband standing there. “Mark?”
