Eleanor’s POV
We took the next half hour to regroup and bury the body. It would do no one any good to let it rot. Lawrence and Alexander did all of the heavy lifting.
“What do you think he meant by the phrase?” Hailey was pondering as she sat next to Natalie.
Natalie frowned and repeated his dying words, “The time is upon us,” then she added, “Yeah, I don’t know. But he was looking right at me when he said it, and when he killed himself. I feel responsible.”
“It’s definitely not your fault. You didn’t ask him to do that. Besides, you were the only one advocating to save his life. This is not on your. He clearly hid something in his mouth as a measure to avoid talking. This means that whoever he listened to told him to do it,” Hailey reassured.
“Besides, how could we have known?” I of
