Yet she wasn’t doing that. She stayed conspicuously silent, as the Remus’ frown grew more pronounced.
I took a moment to clear any trace of accusation out of my voice, before speaking again. “Hey, by the way,” I started. “Just what happened to you, when Luca, Hayley, and Carter went after us in Tivoli?”
A hint of uncertainty emerged behind the Remus’ eyes. “What do you mean? Jessie was part of the reason you got out of that place, yes?”
“I made sure we’d arrive at a good time,” Jessie rushed in, speaking before I could. “When they weren’t being watched well. They didn’t need me to do too much of the physical work, they just fetched Jordan and Tony. That was it.”
“Actually,” I cut in. “Luca and I didn’t want to upset anyone, but we had trouble getting away, towards the end. He nearly d
