Hushed by York Kelley

Author:York, Kelley [York, Kelley]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: dexter, young adult, lgbt, YA, hushed, glbt, kelley york, YA romance, serial killer, YA thriller, young adult thriller, young adult romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Published: 2011-11-29T16:00:00+00:00

Friday, October 24th

Archer ignored Evan’s protests and went to class. Life had to move on. He couldn’t bring his world to a halt because of Marissa’s death, and he was tired of listening to his phone ring. The distraction classes offered kept him away from Vivian for just a little longer.

He finished up close to four, stopped by home to get a few things, and left again.

There were still two names in his book. He’d take care of one tonight, whether he liked it or not.

Hector and Bobby were the last things he owed to Vivian Hilton, and when they were gone, he could get on with his life. Whether she wanted him or not, he wanted, needed this to be done. Hector Barnes lived three hours away and had been elusive enough that Archer couldn’t get to him without drawing attention to himself. What made him decide to do it now? He didn’t know. I could be running out of time. Eventually, Richter’s murder could be tied back to him and his job would go unfinished.

But more than that, there was Evan. It was getting increasingly difficult to look Evan in the eyes without wanting to spill all the details of what he’d been doing. Just to get it out there, just for someone to know the truth.

Hector might as well have dropped off the face of the planet after the night of Vivian’s rape. It took some digging for Archer to even figure out where he’d gone. He’d started training to become a firefighter, which told Archer he must’ve cleaned himself up. Got his head on straight.

But he wondered—did Hector ever think back to Vivian and what he did to her? Did he realize the damage he’d done?

Hector’s apartment building was upper-class; Archer would never get past the doorman. So he had to figure something else out. He parked on a back street between some old buildings and the park, rolled down the windows to listen, waited. Watched. Right on time, the steady clip of Hector’s footsteps coming down the path from the park. In his jogging suit, out for a midnight run. A man of routine. Archer knew this from months of driving up here and observing.

But unlike the other kills, he didn’t have anything planned. Hector would cross the street right in front of his car. Did he get out, hold him at gunpoint? Shoot him? Did he make it look like a hit-and-run or a mugging gone wrong? Both could be traced back to him, but what other options did he have?

The gun felt heavy in his coat pocket.

“Think anyone else will die?” Evan had asked.

He closed his eyes. Richter’s bloody face came to mind and with it, the overwhelming nausea he’d felt that night. Numbness from fingertips to head to toe. Hector’s footsteps closed in and he…

Couldn’t move.

Had Evan rendered him completely incapable of killing? Was it his slipup with Richter? Or was it Vivian, and the ever-expanding chasm between them? Why was it so hard now, after all this time, after the other lives he’d taken?

Hector was coming.

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