The Plague Box Set, Complete Series by Isla Jones

Author:Isla Jones [Jones, Isla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-14T06:00:00+00:00

17.

“Zoe,” Castle repeated. “What are you doing here?”

Zoe?

The name rang in my ears, like that annoying piercing sound I sometimes got after shooting my gun. It pricked my eardrums and stole my hearing from me.

My vision had blurred, my heart had plummeted down to my bum. I didn’t know if I wanted to puke or use the bathroom. All I know is that I wanted to cry—really cry. I wanted to curl up and sob. Like I had for Leo.

“Driving through town,” she said, shrugging. “Scavenging what I can, when I can.”

“With what car?” shouted Adam. Zoe switched her gaze to him; he gave a lazy wave.

Zoe smiled at him. “It broke down off the road after I spotted this one’s car.” Her head jerked to me. I’d become ‘this one’. “Doesn’t matter,” she added. “It’s a beat-up piece of shit, anyway. It’s a shock it even lasted as long as it did.”

“We can fix it up for you and send you on your way,” I said.

Castle’s stare swerved back to me. The anger had vaporised, and for once I didn’t know what his eyes were telling me, or what his gaze meant.

Zoe gave me a false smirk. “Charming.”

Zoe looked back at Castle; he kept his eyes on me.

“I’m glad I happened across you, Castle,” she said. “After I left—I wanted to come back. I wanted to, but I—I admit I was afraid. I’d made my decision. And too much time went by to change it. Not that I’d even know how to come back if I’d decided to. You move a lot.”

I made a face at her. She didn’t catch it; her googly eyes were all over Castle.

Castle peeled his gaze from me and touched it back to her. “That’s what you want?” he said. “To come back?”

Someone had cut me open and torn out my organs. I’d been gutted.

“If you’ll have me.”

My legs threatened to buckle beneath me. But I didn’t want to appear dramatic, you know? So I kicked the supplies at my feet instead. Because that was the most mature option.

“Here,” I said, tossing the keys at Castle. “I’ll ride back with Adam. You two can catch up.” It wasn’t a sweet gesture—I made sure they both knew that when I stomped on Castle’s favourite flavour of protein bar as I marched over to the pick-up truck.

I hopped into the driver’s seat. Adam ducked back into his seat and surprised me, not for the first time. He didn’t say a word of protest. He just looked at Castle through the window, then fell back into his seat.

The entire drive back to the auto-shop, I beat back the tears.

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