Tonya
Angie smiled faintly, almost motherly. “Yes. Just come with me, quietly. Don’t tell anyone. It will work better if it’s just us.”
Without telling anyone, one last time, I went with Angie for the sake of my parents.
The guards said that they would accompany me, but I knew that if Ezra came to know about my bold adventure, he would never allow it. And I was sure that the guards would inform him. So I asked them to stay quiet about it and that I would return in less than one hour.
“Thanks for doing this for me, Tonya,” Angie said as her hand brushed mine as we stepped outside Ezra’s estate.
“I’m doing this for mom and papa,” I breathed. “They shouldn’t suffer because of me. I don’t know what trick you have in mind, but do it quickly.”
“Tonya,” she said softly, as if we were a
