17 Slade –––––––– “We’re here,” I told the girls, waking them up. “Cool,” said Melody, yawning. “Is that our plane?” asked Chelsey, pointing. I looked at the plane that was parked outside of the hangar. It was a large Gulfstream. We’d taken one similar to it on the way out here. “I think so.” As I parked the car in the lot, my cell phone rang. I didn’t recognize the number, but answered it anyway as I got out of the car. “Hello?” “Are we having fun yet?” asked a voice that I recognized as Faye Dunbar’s. She sounded amused. “No, but obviously you are,” I replied coldly. “What is this, a game to you?” She chuckled. “Oh, Slade. Although I do love a good game of cat-and-mouse, I am not playing with any of you.” “So, in other words, you’re just trying to kill us.” Liam looked at me

