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“He always disappears though, doesn’t he?”
“Yeah, but he’s always contactable. No one has heard from him.”
I shake my head.
“I don’t understand what you’re saying, Kalen.”
“He’s missing, Amelie. If it weren’t for Sawyer and me confirming we saw him outside of the main building, he would have been presumed dead in the blast by now.”
An entirely new kind of rage burns through me. It’s white hot and blinding in its intensity.
“Why the hell didn’t you tell me!” I whisper-yell, smacking him on the arm. I’m conscious that it’s the middle of the night and many passengers are asleep. Typical dick Kalen move, to tell me when I can’t flip out.
“Honestly? There was so much going on, and then time had passed and I didn’t know how, and...and…”
“Why now?”
“Because we’re on a plane and you can’t run away or beat the ever living shit out of me.”
“When we land, your ass is mine. And I’ll be having words with your brothers when I get back to the UK too.”
“Sorry.”
“You absolute fucking...douche canoe!” I hiss. I’m so mad right now.
I’m mad at Kalen for waiting until I’m trapped in the air to tell me. At the others for not saying anything sooner. At myself for not even thinking of Baxter or trying to reach out to him.
And at Baxter himself.
Because if I know one thing for certain, it’s that there’s no way in hell Baxter Branson is dead. Which means I’m going to have to give him hell for letting everyone think he is.
When I find him, that is.
Amelie
You know what? You’re an asshole. Arsehole. All the fucking holes!
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If you’re dead, I hope it hurt.
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If you’re alive, you better be hiding.
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Baxter whatever the fuck your middle name is Branson, I’m going to make it my life’s mission to hunt you down.
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I will peel you alive and wear your skin as a suit.
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Chapter Four
Baxter
