I wanted Jamie a safe distance from me...
I wanted Jamie a safe distance from me today
“I'll see you later, okay? Don't worry about… about anything A one-word lie wasn't quite so obviousOr maybe I was just being sarcastic again
Once Jamie was gone, I turned on the somnolent IanI'll be fine–I'll stay
someplace inconspicuousMiddle of a cornfield or something
“Where did you sleep last night?” he asked, his eyes surprisingly sharp under his half-closed
lids
“Why?”
“I can sleep there now, and you can be inconspicuous beside me
We were just murmuring, barely over a whisper nowNo one paid us any attention
“You can't watch me every second
“Wanna fake louis vuitton handbags bet?”
I shrugged, giving up“I was back at the… the holeWhere I was kept in the beginning
Ian frowned; he didn't like thatBut he got up and led the way back to the storage corridorThe
main plaza was busy again now, full of people moving around the garden, all of them grave,
their eyes on their feet
When we were alone in the black tunnel, I tried to reason with him again
“Ian, what's the point of this? Won't it hurt Jamie more, the longer I'm alive? In the end,
wouldn't it be better for him if –”
“Don't think like that, WandaYour death is not an inevitability
“I don't think you're an animal,” I said quietlyI white chanel j12 watch didn't say that as an accusation, thoughI wouldn't blame you if you did
That was the end of our conversation; that was the moment we both saw the pale blue light
reflecting dimly from around the next turn in the tunnel
He pressed my shoulder down gently, trying to stick me where I stoodThen he strode forward,
making no attempt to hide the sound of his footstepsHe disappeared around the corner
“Jared?” I heard him say, feigning surprise
My heart felt heavy in my chest; the sensation was more pain than fear
“I know it's with you,” Jared answeredHe raised his voice, so that anyone between here and
the main fendi black leather spy bag plaza would hear“Come out, come out, wherever you are,” he called, his voice hard
and mocking
CHAPTER 29
Betrayed
Maybe I should have run the other wayBut no one was holding me back now, and though his
voice was cold and angry, Jared was calling to meMelanie was even more eager than I was as I
stepped carefully around the corner and into the blue light; I hesitated there
Ian stood just a few feet ahead of me, poised on the balls of his feet, ready for whatever hostile
movement Jared might make toward me
Jared sat on the ground, on one of the mats Jamie and I had left hereHe looked as weary as
Ian, though dior monogram bag his eyes, too, were more alert than the rest of his exhausted posture
“At ease,” Jared said to Ian“I just want to talk to itI promised the kid, and I'll stand by that
promise
“Where's Kyle?” Ian demandedYour cave might shake apart from the vibrations
“I'm not lying, IanAnd I'm not going to kill itNo matter how messed up this
stupid situation is, Jamie has as much say as I do, and he's been totally suckered, so I doubt he'll
be giving me the go-ahead anytime soon
“No one's been suckered,” Ian growled
Jared waved his hand, dismissing the disagreement over terminology“It's not in any danger
from me, is my cheap louis vuitton handbags poi