Chapter twenty-one
Kaylyn
For a moment, I feel like I’m back in that slightly out of sync mode I’d experienced in the hospital until the blaring of police sirens fills the room. I glance over my left shoulder at Jonah, who, even in the dark, looks pale. “Think we’re busted, boss.”
“Good,” he reaches for the nearest stud and braces himself, leaning his head back as he obviously struggles to breathe. “At least it saves me the trouble of getting you two out of here. I’m not sure I can walk.”
I squint at him, trying to remember everything that happened. It comes back in bursts, with missing segments, and edges that don’t line up properly. Beams of light emerge from the stairwell indicating the police surveying the premises. I shield my eyes from the bright light, now aimed at my face as tw
