Some things are sent to try us… Bitsy and Max start back to the airport. The next part of The Gone #amwriting #thegone
I stand beside Conor and look out onto the street. In truth there isn’t much I can see, due to a hedge, but the figures moving around are visible.
“How long have they been there?” I ask.
“Since the sun started to go down,” Max says.
“We need to get out of here,” I say. Max meets my eyes and nods. The house isn’t secure and I want to get Conor out of the place. He doesn’t need to be here, with his parents dead upstairs.
“You didn’t change,” Max says.
Conor doesn’t look at me, but I glance down. Up to now I just haven’t. My jeans are covered in blood. Mel’s blood.
“Shit.”
I move at super-fast speed and go upstairs. I don’t look at Mel, I just reach her wardrobe and take a pair of trousers and a long sleeved top. I step over Philip and start…
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