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“Please Harris,” I squeaked as I looked to him again. “I h-have to get out of here right now.”
“Honey,” My mom tried. I looked up at her through my tears and shook my head.
“I’m sorry mom. I c-cant. I just can’t.”
“I’ll call Asher. Pack our shit and be ready to move.” Harris moved down the hall to the room Kailan had been sleeping in and Aleks started to usher my shaking body back into my room.
“It’s not safe, Evie. Where are you even going to go?” Kade asked.
“It’s not s-safe here either,” I whimpered. I was going to lose my mind if I stayed there. I needed to get away, especially from Kyle. What was going on with him? I loved him so much, but he wasn’t the same Kyle I remembered and this new version terrified me.
“Come on, darlin’” Kailan said as he ushed me and Aleks into my room, Nick right behind us. As soon as I heard the door shut I crumbled, huge sobs bursting from me as my shaking legs gave out and I folded to the ground.
“Evie!” Aleks cried as he dropped down beside me and looked to me with panic.
“I s-saw the footage and n-now it won’t stop playing…up here,” I told him tearfully as I tapped my temple.
“We’re here, baby. We’ve got you. That’s not real, not anymore.” Nick fell to his knees beside me too as he spoke. Kailan followed him and they surrounded me, holding my hands and Kailan smoothing a hand through my hair.
“How c-could he w-watch that? I was screaming….I w-was in so much pain,” I whimpered.
“Sshh now. Don’t think about that. Think about something good,” Kailan told me.
“Let’s pretend we’re all at home, curled up together on the big sofa, watching a movie,” Nick suggested. “We even managed to drag Aleks away from his laptop to join us.”
“Yeah. I like this. You’re sat in my lap so I can hold you tight when the scary bits happen,” Kailan added.
“Scary bits? W-we’re watching a horror movie?” I asked.
“Yeah, Harris made us. It’s one of those jumpy ones I hate, but you promised you’d protect me,” Kailan laughed.
“I am pretty brave,” I played along.
“You are,” Aleks agreed as he brushed some hair from my cheek and tucked it behind my ear. “We should have snacks too, for the movie.”
“Of course. We have chips and candy, but the main event is ice cream, in every flavor,” Nick said.
“We need toppings too,” I told them, and they nodded in agreement.
“Asher’s sending a car with some security,” Harris announced as he walked in and closed the door behind him.
“Sshh,” Kailan hissed. “We’re watching a movie.”
“What? I thought we were leaving?” Harris asked, looking to all of us with confusion.
“It’s an imaginary movie,” I whispered loudly to him.
“We needed to distract Evie, so we pretended we were home, cuddled up and watching a movie,” Aleks clarified.
“Are you okay, sweetheart?” Harris asked as he dropped to his haunches before me.
“No,” I shook my head. “I’m really not, but I feel better now it’s just us.”
“Asher and Eli have an office building downtown. They have an apartment on the top floor there, and they said we can use it for as long as we need. Asher’s sending three of his security guys from the building too. We’ll be safe there. Does that sound okay?”
“Perfect. We’ll never be able to th-thank Asher and Eli for helping us,” I sighed.
“We’ll find a way. Right now we need to get packed up and grab Zack. The car will be here soon,” Harris said as he looked to the guys.
