TOBY
The car was silent as we drove away from the spot where we had dropped Amber. None of us said much for the first few minutes, and I figured that my brothers were probably lost in their own thoughts the same way I was.
Dropping her off at that quiet road had felt wrong, but it was necessary. Stephanie didn’t know the truth, and if she saw Amber with us, she would start asking questions - questions we couldn’t afford to answer.
Zac finally broke the silence after a while. “She’ll be fine.”
It sounded like he was trying to convince himself more than us.
I leaned my head against the window, staring outside.
“We’ll keep her safe. No matter what it takes.”
By the time we reached the house, my brothers were in a lighter mood.
Zac pushed open the front door and gestured for us to fo
