CHAPTER 23 - REED
AFTER OUR VISIT to Illusion, we headed back to Kim’s since she had more space than Wyatt. She’d bought a hell of a house for one person. This morning, for the first time in months, I hadn’t woken up with a backache, so I couldn’t complain about her extravagance, even if worries over Emma kept me from sleeping properly.
On the way, Kim filled me in on her conversations with Shana and Lil Shawn, and my last bit of hope leached away. Emma had been taken by Tim, and if Georgette’s fate was any indication, she wouldn’t be coming back.
Was it better or worse to know the truth? Before, anger had simmered under the surface every time Emma sent one of her bland messages, but now I felt a mixture of sadness and white-hot fury. More than anything, I wanted to find my sister’s bod
