Deception by K Webster

Author:K Webster [Webster, K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Duet
Publisher: Dangerous Press
Published: 2022-12-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Landry

This is happening.

It’s really happening.

I take the entertainment magazine from Sandra and try to play it cool. The sticky note on the front does a good job of masking the real reason for it.

Landry,

Seeing a movie with you was fun.

I want to take you out again.

Let me know if anything interests you and we’ll make a date.

-Ty-

“He wants to go on another date,” I say, smiling at her. “I wonder if Dad will let me.”

She stares at me for a long, penetrating beat, but finally gives a shake of her head. “That’ll be between you and him. I’ll need to make sure I’m available whichever day because I know he prefers I stay to care for Della in your absence.”

I don’t let her guilt trip me. She signed up for this job. There’d be no way in hell I’d ever willingly work for that man.

“I’m going back to my room now,” I tell her, feigning disappointment.

“For the best. Your dad won’t be pleased to see you out and about when he expressed his wishes you stay in your room.”

“Grounded for life.” I shudder. If only she knew this was so much more than a simple grounding. He’s ripped my life completely out of my hands and I don’t think he’s ever planning on giving it back.

I try not to hurry to my room as not to garner any unnecessary attention. Once the door is closed and I’m seated on my bed, I flip open the magazine, looking for my true hidden message. I find it on a Starbucks advertisement written along the inside edge of the page in neat, precise writing that could almost pass for a typewritten font.

It’s an address and another note that says, plus 5k and a getaway car. He even draws a winky face which makes me smile. Even though I’ll probably have the address memorized by the end of the night, I still tuck away the entire magazine into my school backpack. Since Dad never found anything of interest in my bag and ended up confiscating my computer later, he won’t be digging through my bag. I also fill it with a couple changes of clothes, a framed picture of Mom, and a few toiletries.

My purse, ID, and anything else that ties me to this life stays here when the time comes.

I’ll need to make sure I pack Della a bag we can grab and go with too. She loves her stuffed animals, so making her choose just one is going to be difficult. I know, at first, she’ll be confused, but once we’re out from under Dad’s thumb, she’ll be so much happier. I’ll find a way to buy her lots more stuffed animals.

We’ll be safe.

Freedom is so close I can nearly taste it.

I wish there were a way I could thank Ty for doing this for me. There has to be a way. Maybe, once me and Della are settled someplace, I can find a way to pay him back. It’s the least I can do for giving us this opportunity.

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