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A note is secured to the brick by a rubber band I pick the paper up and unfold it

We’re watching you, E to pay

As tires squeal in the distance, I scurry to theand look doard to the parking lot just in ti out onto the road

That car It has to be a patrol car froford

But why is it here?

"Shit" I weave around the glass, collect my phone, and skitter down the hallway I start to dial ht of the wooden circle she nailed into the wall

What if she did it? What if she’s trying to scarehome?

But what if it wasn’t her?

What if it’s more than that? What if it’s so up and put the phone away, vowing to never go to my mother for help, no er

Chapter 8

Welcome to Hell

Ryler

The hts of Eht is to be distracted And Emery is definitely a distraction, one I need to make sure I want

"Where the hell have you been, asshole?" Haven is waiting for me when I arrive at the bottom of the stairs Her arms are crossed, her expression livid "You haven’t been answering any of my calls, and your little friends are very rude whenever I stop by looking for you They always tell me you’re not there" --she ht of her and all that she represents I lied to Emery about who Haven is I had to She’s part of the Elderman side ofto E--if I can even call it that--complicated