So Close to You by Rachel Carter

Author:Rachel Carter [Carter, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harper Collins, Inc.
Published: 2012-07-09T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

On the drive back to the Bentleys’ house, I can’t stop thinking about Camp Hero. If I’m going to find out more about Dean’s involvement with the Montauk Project, I have to sneak back into the Facility. And I need to do it tonight.

Dean disappears in three days. I’m running out of time to find answers. I pat the pocket of my skirt, feeling the outline of the strange metal key. It must open one of the bunkers, and I wonder if it’s the same one Wes and I snuck out of. If only I had found a way to test it this afternoon. But first I was with Wes, then I was with Mary, and there was never any time to sneak away.

It’s probably for the best. I don’t want to draw any more suspicion to myself, and I need the cover of night. Now I just have to figure out how to get back there.

As we pull into the Bentleys’ driveway, the first thing I notice is that Lucas’s truck is here. A truck he’s driving back to Camp Hero later tonight. And it has a large, canvas-covered truck bed. Perfect for someone to hide in undetected.

“I didn’t know Lucas was coming to dinner,” I say to Mary and Dr. Bentley as we get out of the car.

“He’s always welcome.” Dr. Bentley pulls his medical bag out of the backseat. “And he usually takes us up on it. Hates the mess food.”

Mary grins at me, and I know she’s thrilled Lucas is here. I grin back, thrilled for a different reason.

That night at dinner I pick at my food, half listening to the conversation around me. We’re eating something called liver loaf, mashed potatoes, and tomato salad with chunks of cheese on top. Mrs. Bentley cuts a thick slice of the loaf and puts it on my plate.

I glance at the black curtains pulled tight over the windows. Out in the fading twilight, Lucas’s army truck sits in the dirt driveway. I think about what’s ahead of me tonight: sneaking into Lucas’s truck, around Camp Hero, into the underground labs. Trying not to get killed.

Wes was so appalled when he thought I was going to talk to Dean, and this is—potentially—an even bigger step. But now that I know Dean really is somehow connected to the Montauk Project, I need to find out how. Both for my own desire to know the truth, and because knowing that truth is the only way I can hope to save Dean.

I promised Wes I wouldn’t talk to Dean, and I won’t … at least not yet. Three days. It’s not a lot of time, but it could be enough to stop a man from disappearing.

I push at the liver with my fork, staring down at the plate.

“Lydia, are you all right?” I look up to see Mrs. Bentley standing over me. She has a glass in her hand, and she’s obviously trying to clear the table. “You’ve been so quiet all night.

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