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Chapter 35

Cate

B eep. Beep. Beep. They changed the alarm .

I wanted to block out the incessant beeping noise stabbing into my brain like an ice pick, but I couldn’t move.

Franks must have given me another drug, because I couldn’t feel anything, not like when yanked my head back and slammed his mouth over mine.

I can’t hear Jay. Panic set in.

What’d they do to him? What was in the syringe? Had Franks already killed him?

I wanted to open my eyes and check, but my muscles ignored the command. Maybe unconscious was better, so Jaden wouldn’t have to watch Franks rape me.

Beep.Beep.Beep. If I die, at least I’ll never have to hear another alarm .

A crash sounded. Suddenly, everything happened in slow motion.

Franks shooting Jay. I couldn’t move to save him.

Franks shooting me. I couldn’t move to save myself.

Franks falling.

My last thought, before my mind got fuzzy and my head rolled forward was, SSI is here but they’re too late.

BeepBeepBeep. Faster and faster and faster.

Do dead people hear beeping noises ?

Peace washed over my mind, erasing my fears.