I trailed behind Joey as my thoughts whirled around in my head. First, there was the interview, then the house itself. Now Jonah and Cyrus were having guy time upstairs after all the tension between them in the car? After Cyrus said they needed to talk?
I didn"t like this. Not one bit.
“Come on, Evie.” Joey groaned as I lagged further behind. “You heard the man. We need to get back to Grannison. And time? She is a—wastin.’”
Waste of time. Isn’t that what I said when we discovered Jonah in that dark room? I stopped at the bottom of the stairs, tilting my head in an attempt to listen.
I got nothing. Dammit.
“Hey, go on to the car. I’m going to wait for those two right here.”
“Oh, no, you don’t.” Joey narrowed his eyes at me as he stormed back down the hallway. “You get into way too muc
