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Whenopen Derek flipped the light on and shut the door As he turned toward the mirror, he saw me and he let out a yelp of surprise that would have been very satisfying under any other circu here?"
I walked past him and locked the door
"If you want to discuss the plan, this really isn’t the place," he said
He pivoted, gaze following me as I crossed to the shower and turned on the cold water, so it would drown out our conversation without steaoing to think we’re showering together Maybe we can just tell the to conserve water"
I planted myself in front of him "You setcame out and he settled for a token scowl
"All this tiure out why you want to help me Why do you care if I know I’et booted out? Why stick your neck out for me, like you did this afternoon?"
"I just want--"
"To help Sure, you’re obnoxious and arrogant, but underneath, there’s a decent guy ants to help a fellow supernatural Yeah, right There has to be another reason Today I found it Simon"
He crossed his arms "Yeah, Simon wanted me to be nice to you Okay? Can I have my shower now? Alone?"
"You want Sio without you He needs a reason to go right now So you gave hinated da about," he aze wouldn’t quite e of anger
"Here I was, a real necroether,deal out of how helpless I a ar Stakes In any great thriller, your hero needs three things Goal,dad Motivation: help the poor necroh You needed to put your damsel in actual distress What if she was about to be transferred to a real mental hospital? Where she’d be out of Siht die, the victiet Tori to--"
"No!" He raised his hands, genuine shock in his eyes "I did not have anything to do with that Even if Tori would get close enough to me to carry on a conversation--which you may have noticed, she won’t--I wouldn’t do that I did nothing to e of the situation"
I gave him a moment to respond He didn’t, which was all the answer I needed
"When I first told you about seeing Liz, you brushed it off But then you realized this could work in your favor, so you changed your tune with Simon You planted the seeds of doubt, then waited for theue when I offered to be the one transferred That’s exactly where you wanted me You manipulated the situation and you lied--"
"I never lied"
I fixed hi about transferring me yesterday?"
He shoved his hands in his pockets "I heard the--"
"Okay, you didn’t lie You exaggerated"
He scowled "You are in danger The ot your wish Siht He needs to get out and find his father Of course, you could have saved us all this trouble by just going with hierous And he’s not your father so it’s not really your probleed to catch round It wasn’t easy with hi
"Is that what I think, Chloe?"
I lockedto break eye contact
"I don’t knohat you think, Derek," I said, calmly--or so I hoped "Sio A stupid reason, according to him So maybe it’s an excuse Maybe you just don’t want to bother"
"An excuse?" A bitter laugh Then he backed away froht?"
"I----"
"I know you read it that night when you and Rae pretended to be raiding the kitchen"
"Only because of what you did I had to know--"
"How dangerous I was I don’t blaht? You know exactly how dangerous I am"
I sed "I--"
"You knohat I did, and you think I should be walking the streets?" His lip curled "I’ in his eyes, in his voice, in his face, lanced over at the shoatching the water dapple the doors as the harsh pounding filled the silence
After a moment, I looked back at hi it"
"Did I?" When I tried looking away again, he sidestepped and snagged aze "Is that what you want, Chloe? To hear un on me and if I hadn’t thrown him into a wall, I’d be dead? Well, that’s not how it happened There’s a kid out there who’ll never walk again and I have no excuse It’sthrown in here I--"
He snapped hisinto his pockets as he stared out over
After another moment, he said, "So, yeah, I want Siet hier You’re getting so out of it You don’t have any reason to complain"
I could only stare, any sense that li underneath, and he’d snatch it away so fast it left bruises that called er?" I said slowly "I’ away From the home From my family From my life"
"You’ll be with Si hardship"
"What?"