Chapter 16
Jordan
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“Fine. When do we leave?” she asked.
“Right now,” I said, still a little stunned that I was agreeing to this. I’d never brought my work home with me and deep down I knew this was a mistake. I just couldn’t seem to say “no” to them. Not when I knew how much danger Jessica was in. The thought of Reaper getting his hands on her again was pissing me off. I would rather have just gone after him myself, but something was making me lean toward this route instead. Maybe it was her smile or her red toenails. I just wasn’t quite ready to say goodbye to either yet. “You’d better go and pack some stuff. We need to leave soon.”
“Right now? Can’t we wait until my mother gets home?” she asked, biting her lower lip. “I know she’ll be upset when she finds out I’ve left Jense
