Someone Is Always Watching by Kelley Armstrong

Author:Kelley Armstrong [Armstrong, Kelley]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Tundra Book Group
Published: 2023-04-11T00:00:00+00:00

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“We should use Devon’s dad to get more information,” I say to Tanya as we eat breakfast by the pool. “He’s a screw-up. Callum’s mom is always saying so. If he has files, Cassidy might be able to hack them. She’s still trying to get Sydney to talk to her.”

“Convince her to lend us her tech skills in hopes you’ll put in a good word with your little sis? That’s cold, Blythe.”

I bristle. “It’s for Gabi.”

“I was expressing my appreciation. If cold is what we need, cold is what we gotta do. Glad you’re in.”

“To a degree, yes.” I spoon up granola. “Contact Devon. Get his input. See if there’s any chance his parents will be out today.”

It turns out that Devon’s dad is working all day, and his mom has a salon appointment. And after coming up with the plan, I get booted onto the sidelines.

“This isn’t your kind of thing, Blythe,” Tanya says, as she prepares to leave. “You don’t bring any special skills to the table. You do bring liability, though. You’re a shitty liar.”

My Saturday is going to be spent sitting around, in case Tanya needs me to contact Cassidy. Callum texts a morning check-in, which ignites a flame of guilt. I’d canceled our plans for tonight because I cannot imagine hanging out and acting normal. Acting as if I don’t think my friends may be killers who’ve had their memories rebooted.

Is that really what I think?

The more time I have with the idea, the more I must admit that it fits the evidence. Not a proven theory, but a very strong hypothesis.

Under those circumstances, how am I ever going to fake normal? Do my homework. See a movie with Callum. Eat dinner with my family. Act like nothing’s wrong.

One of those things is easier to fix than the others.

Yesterday, I feared Callum might be the boy in Veritas’s story. Even if he is—if he’s a subject brought back into the fold—that isn’t a good reason to keep my distance if I agree that the experiment worked.

Unless he’s a control subject. What if he is the boy in the story, and his memory hasn’t been tampered with? He’s been brought back to see how he integrates with us. That would make him dangerous.

Except his sister hadn’t even been born when he was eight. He has a younger sister and brother, but they’re five and six.

That doesn’t mean Callum isn’t the boy in the story. He could have been separated from another sister because she’d been the cause of his crime…and a secondary victim of it, having seen him kill that kid.

I rub my temples. I need to be careful of Callum, but that’s not why I’m breaking up with him. First, he stalked me at the party. Second, I need to focus on my crew right now. Third…as much as I hate to admit it, I’ve realized I really only like Callum as a friend.

I pick up my phone, ready to text Callum.

Then I hear Tanya’s voice in my head.

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