Page 78 of Hunter's Hidden Camera
“Tell me!” Nash makes a fist and brings it up to my face, just short of hitting me.
I flinch. “Yes. I saw everything. I know what you did. And I know you’re trying to frame me.”
“And whatelsedo you know?”
“About what?”
“About Alessandra.”
“That’s it,” I say. “I came here tonight to find out what you did to her.”
“And?”
“And what?” I ask. “And I didn’t find out anything yet.”
Nash leans closer to me. “And that’s all you know?”
I nod.
Nash smiles. It’s an evil smile.
Nikolai realizes something. “Wait a minute, Nash. I just put two and two together.Thisis your brother.Thisis your brother who saw the video of you . . .“ He wraps his hands around his throat and pretends to choke it.
“Yes,” Nash says.
“Oooooh!” exclaims Nikolai. “Well, obviously he knows too much and must be taken care of.”
Nikolai reaches into his glove compartment and pulls out a gun.
“Whoa, Nikolai.” Nash holds up his palms. “What are you doing?”
“I’m taking care of business. You get it? You understand?”
“No, I don’t,” says Nash.
Nikolai rolls his eyes. He gets out his phone. It looks like he’s writing a text.
Nash’s phone dings.
Nash asks, “You couldn’t just tell me? You had to write me a text? I’m sitting right here. You’re so crazy sometimes, Nikolai.”
Nash shakes his head and looks at the text he just received. He looks back at Nikolai.
“Ah,” says Nash, a blank look on his face. “Okay then.”
Nikolai points the gun square in my face. “To me, little brother . . . May I call you little brother?”
I reluctantly nod.
He continues: “Little brother, to me, as I said, family is very important. For example, there is nothing I would not do for my younger sister. If harm were ever to come to her, I would bring the most horrifying revenge upon every single person involved with hurting her. Dixie understands this, and she would do the same for me.”
My heart feels like it’s going to burst out of my chest.
“Now, little brother,” says Nikolai, “youwould do anything to protect your older brother too. Yes?”
I nod my head desperately.
“Sorry,” says Nikolai. “I don’t believe you.”
