Pieces Of Me by Nicky Shanks

Author:Nicky Shanks [Shanks, Nicky]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-01-07T16:00:00+00:00

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When Jake wakes me, I see the sign for Seattle before the dizziness subsides and I’m able to force words from my mouth.

“Why would Caitlyn think you’d take me where no one could find me?”

His body tenses. “I don’t know. She’s crazy.”

“Don’t stop being the only person I trust.”

A lightbulb ignites in his head. “I ran away with you once, a few years ago.”

“What do you mean?”

He rubs the bridge of his nose; he’s frustrated that I’m so persistent for information. “Your dad never wanted us to be together. So we ran away together and made it as far as Salem, and they found us.”

“How could they have any say?” I bite the inside of my cheek.

He looks embarrassed. “You were only fifteen, and I was seventeen. They tried to charge me with some pretty fucked-up shit.”

We pull into a long circle drive at the last house of the street we’re on, and time stops.

I know this house.

It doesn’t look cold and overbearing like the rest of the houses in the neighborhood; the three-story, red-brick structure invites me inside. My eyes scan each floor as if I can see into the windows, imagining what each room feels like to be in.

“Do you remember this place?” His voice is almost a whisper as he parks the car only a few feet from the red front door. I keep scanning the property; my head spins from how much I think I remember. “Come on.” He sighs and unbuckles his seat belt. “We’re burning daylight. I want to get the house warm enough to stay the night…I haven’t slept here in months, so everything’s turned off.”

I let him untuck me from my seat once he walks around to my side and opens the door. It’s crazy how much I know about everything and nothing at the same time. I smell cinnamon as he unlocks the front door, and I step into the huge foyer right behind him. His large hand finds mine and tugs me inside fully so he can close the door behind us.

To the left of the foyer is a large sitting room with white couches and a red-bricked fireplace; a golden-colored cage sits around the opening so the embers don’t trail out when it’s used. A fluffy white rug is spread out in front of it, and I imagine Jake and me lying in front of a roaring fire underneath several blankets. It makes me smile.

Through the sitting room, an archway takes you into the biggest kitchen I’ve ever seen. Dark oak cabinets line the wall behind the shiny, metallic stove, and the island in front of it matches the marble countertop perfectly. Everything looks so clean and untouched, like no one’s lived here for a long time. Jake said he hasn’t slept here in months…but it looks more like the house is brand new and was never touched at all.

My heart skips a few beats.

“Jake…”

He shakes his head. “Don’t worry about it. I know you don’t remember.”

My eyes lower to the ground.

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