Chapter 143

Caelin

"C'mon, I just need you to please fix my laptop."

Justice Walker can plead like no one else, and she knows I'll do anything she asks me to.

It started with a kiss.

No, that's a lie. It started in the middle of a dangerous situation where my family was being threatened.

As a seventeen-year-old kid, I hadn't known what to do. Instead, I'd acted on instinct, and killed a grown man to save the then ten-year-old standing in front of me.

Never will I be able to forget the minutes that lead up to the decision I made. The fear on her face, the smugness on his. If I close my eyes, even now, I'm right back there. Mildew and mold, along with the musk of disuse build in the back of my nose, almost to my throat. A dungeon of equal parts dust and moisture, confusing the senses, not letting one believe where they truly are.

In the distance there's a drip, drip, drip. A steady cadence of water coming from above our heads. But it's what's right in front of me that's scaring the fucking shit ou