Page 68 of The Night Shift
“Yep. I’m closing tonight. What happened? Your text sounded urgent.”
“It’s Theo, Cami. He’s the one who’s been sending me those messages.”
She sighs. “This again? I thought we already discussed this.”
“Just listen. I was at April’s apartment for that whole dress fitting thing, right?”
“Uh-huh.”
“Thirty minutes later, Theo shows up —”
“For what?”
“Doesn’t matter,” I say. “Anyway, long story short he offers to drop me home —”
“Why?”
“Also doesn’t matter.”
“Is he dead?”
“Cami.”
“Please tell me this story ends with you killing him.”
“Cami, he didn’t ask for my address.”
“Who didn’t?”
“Theo. He didn’t ask me where I lived. He just … dropped me home.”
“Okay?”
“What do you mean by okay? He didn’t ask me where —”
“Holly!” Theo shouts at the same time and I put my hand over the speaker. Shit. “I think the graves are all done, love!”
I glare at him, and he just smiles in return. Fucking idiot.
“Who was that?” Cami asks, sounding mildly irritated.
I hesitate.
“Holly, where are you?”
Fuck. “We’re in the woods.”
A pause and I imagine Cami frowning. She asks me who the fuck I mean byweand I fill her in on the remainder of the story.
“Are you fucking kidding me? He’s been stalking you forthreefucking years and you didn’t know?!” Cami asks in disbelief and Theo’s words echo inside my brain: “Two and a half, actually.”
“That’s what I’ve been trying to tell you,” I say.
“Why on earth are you with him in the goddamn woods? He could be dangerous.”
That almost makes me laugh.
“This isn’t funny, Holly,” Cami says. “This whole thing sounds incredibly reckless. Even for someone like you.”
