Chapter 22: Arsonists and Second chances
Brad's House "Ugh, who lives in this dump?" Himeros asks as he leans down so I can slide off his back. "A piece of s**t, " I said between my teeth. Himeros scans the house with his critiquing gaze. He seemed to really have a unique taste for things. "Hm, it fits, " he said; satisfied by my answer, he starts to follow me. "Wait, Himeros, Brad can't see me with you. He needs to think I came here alone, or he'll hurt Annie." "No problem, my dear, " Himeros fades in the blink of an eye, "How is this?" I could no longer see him. "Perfect, I'll distract Brad, and you take Annie somewhere safe." "What about you, dear?" I turn to Brad's crappy middle-class excuse for a home. "I'll find a way out, just get Annie out of here, it's me he wants, and I'll be damned if he lays a finger on her."
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