15 Minutes: A YA Time Travel Thriller (The Rewind Series) by Jill Cooper

Author:Jill Cooper
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: time travel, Young Adult, thriller, romance, mystery, murder, conspiracy
Publisher: Jill Cooper
Published: 2013-09-18T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

I take another bite of my breakfast and chug some milk before I collect my things. I hurry down the stairs, slinging my book bag over my shoulder as I reach the living room. A few FBI agents are sitting on the sofa, and the coffee table has been converted to a workstation with computers, monitors, and equipment I don’t recognize.

Mike crushes me in a full body assault hug as soon as I enter the room, bringing me to my knees. “I’m sorry, Lara. I’m sorry.” His eyes are glistening.

I stroke his hair back, feeling like road kill because he feels the need to apologize. “I’m the one that should be apologizing to you. It’s not your fault. It’s mine. All mine.”

“You told me to keep an eye on her, but I didn’t. I was excited and forgot.” Mike hangs his head and bites his lip.

The disappointment on his face burns my heart. “Did I say anything else? When I told you to take care of Molly, what else did I say?”

He shrugs and gets a far off look on his face. “Dunno. Only ... keep her close. And to look out—”

“Look out?” I edge him on with quiet urgency. “Look out for ... ?”

“The woman with the purple hair.”

A scene flashes in my mind. Something cold like metal presses against my neck, and then electricity is jolting through my body. The world goes dark as I’m thrown into the back of a van.

When I can see again, a dark, shaded face, framed by purple hair, leans in and whispers to me. “You have to protect that video you took at all costs. If anyone finds out you have it, they’ll kill you.”

I flash back to the present with no idea when or where this happened. Did this happen to me? Or the other Lara before I changed the past?

I leave Mike to go to the bathroom. I flip the light on and peer at my neck, where I felt the jolt of electricity, and sure enough I see two purple marks on my neck. As if I was attacked by a vampire.

Or a Taser.

I take my hair out of its ponytail and ruffle it along my shoulders, so no one else will see. When I exit again, Mike is gone and Mom is standing there waiting for me. Her eyes are rimmed red. If there is a hell, she appears to be there.

“Hi,” I say quietly, awkwardly. I don’t know what else I’m supposed to say.

She frowns and comes to me. Putting her hands on my shoulders, she kisses my head and pulls me in for a deep, warm hug. I close my eyes and give a relieved sigh. I lie against her, wishing she could hold me forever.

“I never should’ve—last night—I’m so sorry, Lara. You’re hurting. I’m hurting. I shouldn’t have.”

I nod but can’t speak.

“You’re my baby too. You know that? But Molly is only a little girl. I ... get so scared. I don’t want to lose any of my babies, ever.

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