The Mind Games by Brighton Lori

Author:Brighton, Lori [Brighton, Lori]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Lori Brighton
Published: 2012-09-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

The soft hum of the car eventually woke me.

My lashes lifted, the daylight brilliant and startling. For a few seconds I just sat there, staring out the dusty window and trying to make sense of the moment. I wasn’t sure how long I’d slept, but as I noticed the brilliant sun peeking over Victorian homes, I knew it must have been hours. The realization that we’d escaped the compound hit me hard.

Tears of relief stung my eyes. We’d done it. We hadn’t died. I shifted my aching body, intending to ask Nora where we were, that’s when I noticed Lewis slumped in the corner of the backseat. Lewis, his face smooth and still, almost like polished marble.

“Lewis?” I whispered, my voice quivering.

“He’s okay,” Nora spoke up from the front seat, glancing at me in the rearview mirror.

I reached out, pressing my palm to his cheek. His skin was cold, but his breath whispered encouragingly against my hand.

He still lived. I still lived. We had escaped.

I pressed my hand to his chest, and buried my face against his shoulder. His heart thumped slowly. Too slowly. The fact that he didn’t even flinch when I touched him added to my worry. I pressed my lips to his cheek. He was completely unresponsive.

Worried, I turned toward Nora. “Lewis…”

She glanced at him in the mirror. “Just needs some sleep… I think.”

The worried look in her blue eyes didn’t exactly make me feel better. I rubbed the crick in my neck and glanced toward the horizon. I think she knew as well as I that it wasn’t just rest that he needed. I could feel the lack of energy coming from his body.

We were in a city, but which? “What time is it?”

She glanced at the dashboard clock. “Nine.”

Then we had to be close to Savannah. My anxiety eased the tiniest bit. “Thank you,” I whispered.

She stared straight ahead. “No problem.”

She acted as if it wasn’t a big deal, but it was. It was a huge deal. I had a family; a family who would risk their lives for me. Loyal, almost to a fault. And it made me feel guilty.

“You stayed longer than we agreed, didn’t you?” I still wasn’t sure how many days I’d been there, but I knew enough to know she should have high-tailed it back to Savannah.

She shrugged.

“I didn’t exactly…” I wasn’t sure how to say what I wanted to without offending her. She glanced at me in the mirror. “I didn’t exactly trust you,” I blurted out.

She grinned. “Think I was leading you to your demise?”

I flushed. “Something like that.” Yeah, it had crossed my mind that she was setting me up, but I supposed I had a reason not to trust her; I hadn’t really known her. I glanced at Lewis. Even our conversation hadn’t stirred him.

“Has mom called?”

She rolled her eyes. “Many times.”

Now that I knew Grandma might be lost to me forever, I realized that Nora and Mom were the only family I had left. Yeah, they were a bit nuts, but maybe, just maybe I could actually trust them.

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