Chapter 33
When Arik and Ciaran came back to the house, Arik thought the air felt heavy as lead. His mother and sister looked at him, saying nothing.
Arik turned to Jenny. “All right, it looks as though there’s something you think you should tell me, but you won’t because it will put me in danger,” Arik said.
Nobody spoke.
“If this is about Grace, I need to know.”
Silence.
“Oh come on, he has the right to know!” Dinah exclaimed.
Arik zeroed in on Dinah. “Please, Dinah. Whatever it is, I can take it.”
“We got a message asking you to meet them or they’ll kill Grace.”
“Who…” Arik and Ciaran asked at the same time. Ciaran stopped, gesturing Arik to go ahead with the question.
“Who are they, and when and where do I meet them?”
“We’ve been asking the same questions,” Cooper said.
“Ho
