“Run,” I barely whispered to Sarah while the other two kept on at us to run faster.
Her eyes narrowed. While grumbling to herself, Sarah took my uninjured arm and slung it over her shoulder. I wanted to resist, but didn’t have the energy to do so. So together, we hobbled across the walkway to the exit. We barely made it to the truck. I felt like passing out.
Nathan rushed out of the truck. “What the hell—“
Reed jumped on the back of the truck, literally freaking out. His face was almost green. “Let’s get the hell out of here!!!”
“What he said.” Chuck beamed catapulting himself next to his brother.
Beads of sweat broke on my forehead as we were getting into the truck’s cab.
“Step on it!” Nathan barked at Ricky who nervously floored the accelerator.
Before Lynch could chase us waving his pitchfork, we were already far, far away from the school. I realized I was holding my breath. My chest felt like it was going to explode. Safe! I thought, taking a deep breath. The stabbing pain in my left arm seemed to ease a bit. But I had to clench my teeth really tight and concentrate on the pain. Or else, I’d be screaming like a girl.
I chanced a peek on the rear view mirror. Becky looked terrified. So was Sarah. My forehead creased in frustration. I wanted to yell and bang my head on a rock. If Freddy got a whiff of what happened tonight, he’d kick my stupid ass. He’d probably ban me from all of Massachusetts and lock Sarah up in some tower in the woods. He’d hunt me and cut my head off and stuff it inside his trophy case.
That was it. All my chances lost.
“A-are you okay?” Sarah asked almost worried. Almost.
“Yeah,” I muttered forcing a straight face.
“Yeah, right. Define okay. Don’t go hero on us all, brother. The decrepit arm sells you out,” Nathan scoffed before bugging Ricky to go faster.
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“You sure Lynch didn’t see your faces?” Nathan asked for the third time when we reached the house after dropping off Sarah and Becky.
“Sure as hell as my back hurts right now,” Reed muttered glaring at his brother. “Now where’s the can?”
Nathan pointed him impassively to the bathroom near the kitchen. Reed staggered away with a hand over his mouth. Weakly, I sunk in the couch and closed my eyes rubbing my forehead. I didn’t say anything. If I open my mouth, I might just start yelling and cursing in pain and anger.
“You reek.” Nathan inched away from Chuck fanning a hand on his nose.
Looking unaffected, Chuck just sniffed with a bored look. “Dude, I just showered three days ago. That’s the dumpster stench you smell.”
Looking weirded out, Nathan stiffly got up from his seat and transferred away from Chuck, who threw us a looked that said, “What’s wrong?” Just then, Reed came out of the bathroom looking all better. Smelling like a pile of garbage, he paraded across the room and jumped-elbowed his brother right on the stomach.
“Next time, I work alone,” I mumbled. “If there’s even a next time.”
The Ferguson brothers froze in the middle of a headlock and gaped at me.
“Why? We’re a team, man! We are so great back there!” Chuck complained.
“Definitely,” Nathan sneered at me. “If Leon doesn’t have Sarah, he’d probably date you.”
Crumpling his forehead, the blond seemed to think about it for a while. “Forget it, bro,” he chortled his head off. For once, I thought he was finally getting why we were laughing like maniacs all evening. But he just turned to me with a serious expression. “Don’t even think about it. I’m too damn beautiful for you.”
Ugh, hell. The dude seriously thought I was crushing on him? Oh, come on! What were these people eating all their life? Styrofoam?
When we finally persuaded (conned) Chuck to wash up in the bathroom, Reed scratched the back of his head and said wryly, “You don’t want to go in there, bro.”
From that day on, the cursed bathroom was never reopened again… Until the cleaning lady risked her life to go in. The rest was too graphic to explain. So moving on…
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