The Lucky Ones by Kiersten Modglin

Author:Kiersten Modglin [Modglin, Kiersten]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kiersten Modglin
Published: 2020-01-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

October 4th

“The man who kept you prisoner lived in our subdivision?” I asked, my stomach roiling with the realization. “You were right under our noses, being held prisoner, and none of us knew it?”

She nodded. “You were all kids, too. No one could’ve known, and no one was to blame except the people involved in my kidnapping.”

“People?” A cold chill ran down my spine, and I couldn’t help but to run my hands over my arms to warm them. “I thought it was just one man.”

“One man kidnapped me. Held me prisoner for his own sick gains, yes. But they were all involved. They were all to blame.”

I almost hated to ask, but Cole took the lead on the next question on all of our minds. “They?”

“Everyone who lived in Gerbera,” Margaret said. “Your families.”

“No!” Cassie cried out, her voice full of pain. I reached for her arm, caressing it gently, though my brain was screaming the same thing. It wasn’t possible. Maybe I couldn’t be sure about everyone other than our parents, but I knew our parents. I knew what they were capable of and what they weren’t…didn’t I?

“You aren’t seriously expecting us to believe our parents had anything to do with kidnapping you?” Gray asked with a scoff. “No way. No way. What could they have possibly gotten out of that? It’s not like your family had any money.”

“They didn’t want money,” she said sharply, standing from the porch step and brushing off her bottom before she spoke again. “They weren’t directly involved in the kidnapping, but they were why I was taken. You see, the fact that your families all lived in Gerbera was no coincidence. I’m not sure if you guys know this, but even before they lived in the same neighborhood, all of the families worked together at the chemical plant in Tarson. That’s why they lived so close. At one point, they were all inseparable.”

I nodded. I vaguely remembered my mom mentioning her years at a factory before she moved into the CFO position she’d worked during the early years of my childhood. The factory had been where she met my dad. I had no idea she’d worked alongside any of our neighbors. But, then again, we’d never talked much about it. It seemed like such a small part of her past, a meaningless first job on the way to something better.

“It’s a small town, Margaret. Our parents working at the same place or even being friends back in the day doesn’t mean anything,” Cole said, his tone annoyed. He was right, although I would’ve never approached the subject like that. We needed to keep her happy if we ever hoped to get the rest of the story.

“It’s weird, though. A pretty big coincidence for sure,” I agreed. “My mom never mentioned being friends with any of them.”

“But they didn’t just work together, you guys. They weren’t just best friends. They committed a crime together.” She paused as she said the words, letting them sink in.

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