The Rules for Breaking by Elston Ashley

Author:Elston, Ashley [Elston, Ashley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Published: 2014-05-20T00:00:00+00:00

Rules for disappearing

by Witness Protection prisoner #18A7R04M:

Avoid conflict at all costs….

New rule by Anna Boyd:

Conflict can’t always be avoided, so be prepared for the worst. Or as Pearl likes to say, “If you’re up shit creek without a paddle—don’t think your hands ain’t gonna get dirty.”

room is silent. Even Teeny seems frozen beside me. Part of me is furious with him. Really, beyond furious, but then there is a small, very small, part of me that feels like I’m supposed to apologize to him for not liking him as much as I like Ethan. Because he’s right. I told Ethan everything and even fled town looking for a way out of this rather than leave him behind.

So this is why he’s so angry and taking shots at Ethan. He’s jealous I picked Ethan.

And then I remember a conversation Thomas and I had in the laundry room back in Natchitoches. It was just after my memory returned and I had called him to talk about my options. He asked me if this sudden change in my behavior had anything to do with a boy.

I haven’t given Thomas nearly enough credit.

Tyler stands up quickly and pulls the mask back on. “That’s all I can tell you. He’d kill me if he knew I’d told you this much.”

Somehow I don’t think Tyler’s “kill me” is as big of a threat as the “kill me” vibe I get from Thomas.

He leaves the room, locking it behind him.

I drop back against the mattress and stare at the ceiling, trying to work everything out in my mind.

Teeny’s at the wall talking to Noah and I jump when she’s starts yelling.

“Stop!” Teeny screams. “Where are you taking him?”

I rush to the wall and look through the hole—Thomas is pulling Noah out of the room.

Oh no, oh no, oh no…

“What’s happening?” I ask Teeny.

“I don’t know! I was talking to Noah and the next thing I know, Noah’s face is gone and Thomas’s fills the hole. Then Thomas started dragging Noah out of the room,” she finishes in a cry.

They’re already gone by the time I look through the hole again. Teeny hugs me and I hug her back just as tight.

“Wha…wha…what does that mean? Do you think he will…will…hurt him?” Teeny stutters out.

My stomach drops. “I hope not, Teeny.”

“I want to go home. I want to see Dad. And Mom. And even Ethan’s parents. Mrs. Landry’s probably going nuts.” Teeny moves away from me and hits the mattress, soft at first and then much harder. “I hate Thomas. And Tyler. And can you believe Tyler was lying to you back then? I mean, everything he said about who he was—it was fake. I really liked him. If Thomas forced us to move from Florida, did he force us to move all those other times?” She falls back on the mattress. “We were like puppets.”

I have no answers for her and hearing Teeny voice all the same concerns I have is my undoing. I’ve

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