duane. ------------ 6/12/2014
[private] 0:30
Ellie. Pick up your goddamn phone. The neighbors said the car went missing a week ago. Where the hell are you? A week, Elle –
[rustling] [breathing, harsh and scattered]
If you're with your sisters I'm going to kill you. I'm going to freaking kill you. Do you hear me? No, you can't hear me, you won't pick up the phone. I'm sorry, Elle. You ran fast but not far enough. I'm going to kill Alice. I'm going to kill Rowan. All of you.
Do you hear me?
Ellie. Pick up your goddamn –
[silence]
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duane. ------------ 6/13/2014
[private] 0:15
I'm in Texas.
You should've picked up your phone.
Hold Indigo tight for me. In that heat – [car horns, blaring] – she's not going to last much longer.
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duane. ------------ 6/13/2014
[collect] 1:00
Ellie, I'm sorry, I failed you.
They pulled me over at midnight. Reckless endangerment, they said. Endangerment, my ass, I said. I'm in – I'm in again. I've got a buddy coming in to front bail.
Did you know I had friends in New Mexico, Elle? I do. I've got friends all over the states and they'll vouch for me, they'll vouch. Frederick, do you remember him?
He'll vouch.
This isn't – dammit – not a hate crime. I don't hate you. I love you, you know that? I do. Sometimes I hate you. But I do love you.
And Alice. Rowan. I love them. Not like – you.
But you knew, didn't you? And you freaking played it right through me. You were the smartest but now you've made the worst mistakes, and I swear to God –
[whispering]
I'm coming, I promise you, and I will take Indigo back.
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duane. ------------ 6/13/2014
[private] 0:10
They let me out, Elle.
California's too –
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