TWELVE – HORRIBLE SURPRISES

MIRA

"What the hell do you mean by he found you?!" Vanessa blares down the phone, so loud, I have to pull the device away from my ear to avoid getting the organ blocked.

Vanessa still lives in New York. Her life and work prevented her from running to Las Vegas with us. While we most definitely missed the hell out of each other, we were restricted to communicating via encrypted phonecalls, so no one could trace my location. No one being Mason and any of his goons.

I guess that will no longer be the case.

I give her the short version of what went down at the store today, and what Anna did. I can practically feel her rage from a thousand miles away.

"That stupid, sonofabitch! Shamelessly manipulating a teenager. He should be arrested!"

For the first time since all these chaos blew up, I almost laugh.

"You know that is not possible, Nessa. He's the richest man in New York."

She huffs her dissatisfaction,

" So what are we gonna do now?"

I pause the lipgloss halfway to my lips.

"No, Vanessa