Page 34 of Jig's Last Dance

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Page 34 of Jig's Last Dance

“Hey,” I say weakly, and he looks at me with a raised brow. That’s it, just his fucking brow, and I’m fighting back hysteria. His stare says a thousand things, and I receive the message as intended, stepping back.

He could and would hurt me without remorse.

“Do you know how quickly someone dies when you slit their throat?” he asks in a conversational tone, as though we’re discussing the weather.

I stare, caught in his gaze. I’m looking at a fucking killer. I’m guessing based on Jig’s assertion, my dad wasn’t much better, but fuck me. At least my father had light behind his eyes.

Faltering, I look away, shame clogging my throat. But I can’t help her. I’m not sure I can help myself. Where the fuck is Marco?

“Iris, where did you find the keys?” he asks again, and I’m drawn back to the spectacle when I hear her choke.

“Jig,” Iris slurs.

Jig? Huh?

“What?”

Iris nods; she blinks, her eyes pools of devastation before she again says, “Jig.”

I’m caught in her blank stare when she winks at me, and I fall back, grabbing the knob on the useless door. Fumbling once again, I stiffen when John says right behind me, “Here.”

I turn far enough to see him holding out his hand and shrink away as he grabs the door and pushes it out of the way. I don’t look back, escaping through the hole. When I emerge, I suck in a breath, my lungs burning, and stalk toward Marco, who’s waiting for me in the car.

Ripping the door open, I crawl inside and curl up on the seat, muttering, “What the fuck?”

“Miss—Alice, are you okay?”

Ignoring his stare, I mumble, “Where were you?”

“I’ve been waiting for you for twenty minutes.”

Blankly, I stare at him, but I see nothing but confusion on his face. I have no idea what’s happening, but this is not fucking good.

“What do you mean? You were inside?” I wave at the door and he glances at it with a frown. “No,” he says, “when I went inside, no one was there.”

“What?”

“Miss . . . Alice?” Marco says, and I recite an address before leaning back and closing my eyes.

This just went next level, and I’m fucking scared.

∞∞∞

“What are you doing here?” Jig asks, looking over my shoulder with a frown.

“I need to talk to you,” I whisper, and he meets my gaze, his brows slamming over his eyes.

“What’s happened? Why are you fucking shaking?” he growls.

“Please, can I come in?” I ask, clenching my hands at my sides.

When I do, the keys dig into my palm, reminding me, as though my dad is whispering in my ear, to keep it together.

He slowly nods, opening the door, and I step in without glancing back.

Jig leads me into a sitting room with pretty chairs arranged behind a fireplace, and I glance around absently. From one pretty prison to another. Fuck me.

“What’s happened?” he asks, raising his hand toward me before changing his mind and clenching it behind his neck.




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