Chapter 24 - Zach
I PACED DOWNSTAIRS as I waited for Jake to arrive. Issy was making a commotion, banging and hollering around, and every time I heard a loud thump, I winced. She was a little hellcat, all right, but I couldn’t risk her running away. Not again, not when things were even more dangerous than they had been before. Hell, I would even say they were more dangerous than ever before, but I didn’t like to speak in hyperbole. With my luck, something worse was bound to happen.
Jake let himself in without knocking; I trusted him, and he had a key to my place. I always wondered whether or not he had a key to Lionel’s place, as well. I was starting to really have my doubts about Jake. Something about him just seemed...off.
“Hey, man,” he greeted me, grinning. “How’s that little woman
