The Secrets We Keep by Lily Wildhart

The Secrets We Keep by Lily Wildhart

Author:Lily Wildhart [Wildhart, Lily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bright Lights Publishing
Published: 2023-05-16T16:00:00+00:00


Since I left the three of them in Meyer’s office with my shadow back in place, I’ve been sitting by the pool watching the birds, jealous of their ability to fly off to wherever they want. Carlos brought lunch out to me, which I picked at. Not because the food wasn’t as delicious as always, but because between the lump in my throat and the twisting of my stomach, I feared I’d either choke or be sick if I tried to eat much of it.

I did at least drink the lemon water he brought out to me. The day is a scorcher and, while I might feel helpless and angry, like I told the three of them earlier, I’m not stupid. Maybe stupid enough to have landed myself in this mess, but not stupid enough to get dehydrated.

Picking up my phone, I contemplate trying to call Tommy. Chances are, he’s checked in with Meyer over the last few days so he knows where I am, and these people are his friends. He trusts them.

I’m also not sure, even with everything Tommy is capable of and has seen me through, that he could get me out of here. He came to these people because their resources were bigger and they could help keep me safe.

I just never contemplated it would be them I needed rescuing from. It’s highly unlikely Tommy factored that in either and I can’t fault him for that because it’s not like any of this even sounds believable, let alone something you’d have a contingency for.

Telling me I am theirs. Like some sort of freaking caveman. I am a human, dammit. I don’t belong to anyone but myself. Am I indebted to them? Yes, but debts can be cleared. Even ownership can be bought.

What if they sell me?

No, I shake that thought from my head, remembering what Yen said. They might be into some bad shit, but selling people goes against their morals.

Morals.

Ha!

They’ll kill and kidnap people, but not sell them.

Now that’s a moral compass my therapist would have a field day with, I’m sure.

“Doctor is here for the girl,” I hear a male voice say. I turn to find someone talking to Bruno—whose name might be Eddie, but he will remain Bruno in my head at the very least because my brain won't accept any different.

Bruno nods at the man, who walks back into the house before looking over at me. “Come.”

The one word makes me want to smile. “He speaks!” Somehow that one word feels like a win on a day when I feel like I’ve lost so much. Despite the fact that nothing has changed since this morning physically or mentally. Before my ‘talk’ with Meyer, I had clung to the hope of going back to my life. I lost that today and the losses have been swift and deep. So this win, regardless of how small, feels significant.

He doesn’t speak again, just stares at me like I’m crazy.

“It’s okay, you don’t have to speak again, Bruno.



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