The Fight for Forever by Meghan March

Author:Meghan March [March, Meghan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781943796434
Publisher: Meghan March LLC
Published: 2020-01-13T18:30:00+00:00

Twenty-Nine

Legend

I push the bucket toward Scarlett on the picnic table with a smile on my face that feels like it’ll never come off. “I better leave the rest to you, or Jeb is going to wonder what the hell happened to me tomorrow.”

“If you insist,” she says before diving into the rest of the delicious fries.

Before she can pop another one in her mouth, Bump comes rushing back to the table, and he looks like he’s seen a ghost.

Instantly, I bolt to my feet, all systems on alert. “What happened? Is everything okay?”

“I . . .” He huffs out a few breaths while he tries to find his words. “I . . .”

“Sit down. Are you okay? Where’s Hal?” I press Bump down onto the bench, his back to the table, with my hands on his shoulders.

Scarlett jumps out of her seat and rounds the table to sit beside him. “What’s wrong, honey?”

“I . . . I saw him.”

My stomach twists into a wicked knot. Even though I’m 99 percent sure who he’s talking about, I ask the question anyway. “Saw who, bud?”

Bump shakes his head back and forth with tiny, fast movements.

I spin around to look for Hal, but the man is nowhere to be seen.

Fuck. If Moses is here . . . I’m wishing I had a nine tucked into the back of my pants, but I didn’t exactly think that would be welcome at a community center carnival. I scan the crowd, locking in on every face that could possibly belong to Moses, but none of them are him.

I turn back to Bump. “Was it Moses?”

Scarlett pulls him hard into her side with her arm wrapped around his shoulder. “You’re okay. He can’t get you. Not here. Not now. I promise.”

“He was here. I saw him. He looked right at me with those creepy eyes. Evil eyes.”

Fuck. Moses’s eyes are definitely the most distinctive thing about him. They seem to glow an unearthly greenish gold.

“Where did you see him?”

“By . . . by the lemonade. I got mine, and I dropped it. Hal ran after I yelled.”

I lay a hand on Bump’s knee and squeeze as I push to my feet. “I’m so fucking sorry, bud. Goddammit. I’m done letting him fuck with us.”

Scarlett looks up at me, and instantly, I quiet down. Now isn’t the place or time to lose my temper over Moses. We need to wait for Hal, get the situation from him, and then get the fuck out of here so we can figure out a new plan.

Because if Moses can get close enough that Bump can see his eyes . . . he’s close enough to kill.

A shaft of fear shoots through me at the thought. No one hurts Bump again. No one touches Scarlett. Those two things are nonnegotiable in my life, and I’m not going to let Moses change either of them.

I spot Hal coming through the crowd. His chest rises and falls faster than it did before, so I know he was running.

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