The Broken Lake (The Pace Series, Book 2) by Shelena Shorts

Author:Shelena Shorts [Shorts, Shelena]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780982500514
Publisher: Lands Atlantic Publishing, LLC
Published: 2010-08-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

NEW TO THE EXTREME

Wes walked me to the car without saying anything and worry began to build with every step. I began stressing about how I'd dragged him here. None of this would've happened had I'd listened to him. But, once again, I had drawn attention to us.

He opened my door, and I couldn't hold it in any longer. "Are you mad at me?"

He looked surprised. "Don't be ridiculous."

I stepped closer to him. "Then why aren't you talking?"

"I'm just thinking." He leaned in to kiss me on my cheek and then signaled for me to get in. I didn't want to. I wanted to stand there until I knew he was okay, but my stubbornness had already caused enough trouble. I got in and he closed the door.

We drove for a few miles and the silence was killing me. "Wes, please tell me what you're thinking."

Still looking straight ahead, he said, "I don't know what that was back there. I'm trying to figure it out."

"It was just Chase. I'm telling you, he gets off on challenging people."

He shook his head. "No, Sophie. He was on something. He was crazy. He was..."

"He was what?"

"He was stronger than a normal person."

I didn't understand. "He wasn't stronger than you."

"Trust me, he was stronger than normal. He was almost like..."

He stepped on the brakes and pulled over. The abrupt deceleration propelled me forward, and without the restraint of my shoulder strap, I might've hit the dash.

"Almost like who?"

He turned to face me. "He was like Andy. I can't believe I didn't make the connection."

My heart stopped. "What? No. Wait. You don't think--"

"I don't know what I think right now, but I know you are not leaving my sight for a second. And you are not to go near that bookstore."

"Okay, wait. Let's think about this for a second. What's happening?"

"Sophie, this could be bigger than either of us realize. If Andy was on some sort of serum derived from what was stolen from my labs, then who knows who else is."

"Andy wouldn't have spread it around. He wanted it for himself, and for his--Oh, my gosh. His grandson."

Wes leaned his head against his headrest and closed his eyes. He started massaging his eyelids in a circular motion with his palms.

"Wes, Chase can't be Andy's grandson. No way. He's just on regular drugs."

He was still rubbing his eyes.

"Wes, you're scaring me."

He exhaled. "It all makes sense." He opened his eyes and turned back to me. "I can't believe I didn't see it."

"See what?" I was getting worked up now.

"The party. The bookstore. Ms. Mary. Chase messing with you all the time. Chase hating me. Chase challenging me."

"Wait a minute. What about Ms. Mary?"

"Think, Sophie. He approached you at that party you went to in January. Then, after Andy dies, so does Ms. Mary. Then he conveniently has a job at the bookstore. He always provokes you, and now he challenges me in public." He paused and closed his eyes again. After a minute, he whispered, "He knows.

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