Page 107 of Keeping Kasey
Kasey pulls in a shuddering breath, and her voice echoes the slightest bit as she says, “I really wish you hadn’t said that.”
She ends the call, but that echo could’ve only come from one place.
I run back to the garage, but when I go to wrench the handle open, the iron door is unmoving.
It’s adigital lock.
The fact that she was able to override it while the base is in lockdown only enhances the hatred spreading into every place I let my affection for her reach.
I look through the book-sized window in the door, and a flash of blonde catches my eye before I pull out my gun and shoot out the window. Kasey’s scream echoes off the walls as she turns, freezing in place when she sees me.
She’s only a few yards away, watching me from over the cars between us. I don’t have a clear shot at her, and she knows it.
“Open this door,” I order.
Her expression is conflicted—both afraid and pained. I think I see the glistening of a tear running down her cheek, but I can’t be sure.
And I don’t care.
“I can explain,” she repeats.
“You made the comms program.”
“Yes, but—”
“You lied about the attack.”
“Logan—”
“You deleted the evidence Ihiredyou to find.”
“That wasn’t—” She shakes her head. “Logan, if you’ll calm down, I can—”
“I watched my own brother get blown up and didn’t bat an eye. Do you really think I’ll hesitate to put a bullet in your head just because I let you into my bed?”
She steps back like my words are a physical blow.
“You don’t mean that,” she whispers. “Logan, I love—”
“Run, Kasey. Run as fast and as far as you can, becausewhenI find you, I am going to kill you.”
She studies me for exactly three seconds before she realizes I’m telling the truth.
And that moment is enough to break something inside me.
I will never let someone as close to me as I let Kasey. I will never let my guard down with someone else. I will never show vulnerability again.
I will never recover from this.
I soak in the image of her—tear-streaked and anguished—as she turns away and disappears through the garage, taking the last of my humanity with her.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Kasey
Four months later
I jump at the knock on my door.
