Her Nice Revenge
y
. I've been dreading this call even more than I usually dread calling Joe. Just as I'm about to dial his number, I hear the
. But as I was driving up, I heard noises indicating human activity. I killed the engine in my ATV and crept up to the site as quietly as someone with a crippling limp can. The crash h
in and call. He picks
's po
der than me, but still manages to maintain
voice, another gift from the explosion th
n the other end s
ou expecting
other than th
going to need to write this down." I start with items on Ana's list
hing
xplain this yet. I decide to launch into the
ave you taken up cross dressing, or do y
glare through the phone
l me, is she into maimed guys? When you touch her
ike that. And even if it was, do I b
at I'm blackmailing him just as much as I am Mom, Dad, and the
that you said
e at a tree every time he starts to snicker. I make him repeat th
word to anyone about the woman, I'll call TMZ and tell them ev
o be having this conversation than he did w
three more g
l the disdain he and the rest of my family have for fi
bing the two hand guns I want for me
s. "Is t
t - one m
gr
t. Besides, I want news. Have you seen anything in the
Alas
on, Alask
N
n you lo
wn the phone. A few seconds
's everywhere this morning. It's tren
happ
. The crash site was finally discovered early yesterday morning after two weeks of searching. Al
Only California, Texas, and Alaska itself are larg
Anastasia Clarence, was in WITSEC after witnessing the murder of her parents and sixtee
es recovered at the scene. Why is in
mal report will not be available for several weeks, inclemen
know that the people hunting Ana did this and that they know she got away. Suddenly it hits me. Ana. Her family. She told me her family was dead, but I
re you st
h, w
listening to a
N
shed if you hadn't seen it? Is that girl
one. The best way to shut him up
sn't an accident, Joe. It
you kn
nd I saw the bullet h
et ho
were shot in the head. One of them had been shot in the chest sixte
I don't like guns? Why
." Saying they want some one would be more accurate, but again, Joe doesn't need to know that. "They will kill anyone
t another secret to keep. And you never told m
ets much worse if
t I asked. What else
f I'm finished with our conversati
as my mind reels with the ne
sia Cl
name is Anastasia. Don't they give people new identities when they're in witness protec
-one y
y-one. She's only five years younger than me. When I found her in the woods and tried to keep her alive in the cabin, she looked so young and almost childli
of her parents and s
ly - her mom, her dad, and her little sister - die. The people who did that to her family have been chasing
get into thi
hs. The last thing she needs is someone poking around and trying to dredge this stuff up. She seems to be barely holding herself together as it is. What she ne
hurt Ana while I'
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ntinues to look more and more incredulous until she closes the book with a dull thunk and s
is it?
the book in front of her. "I didn'
e wh
pect the Phantom - Erik, I guess - I didn't expect the
. Evil, derang
e runs a hand through her hair. "He's still a murderer, and he makes bad choices, and he doesn't really c
like in tho
is past mistakes or try to make up for them. So many people prefer
ving. The book must be
kind of obnoxious. And the Phantom is dark and brooding and myste
er hands and her face displays a myriad of expressions.
antom is a
loves Christine, and though he comes off as a little crazy, it seems born out of a sense of de
finish
N
ld," I say, kno
k is making me roo
ession that suggests that th
ook if you haven't r
w raises.
Tom Clancy novel I've read before. I settle into my sid
and picks the b
ven though Ana has her dark moments like the night before, she can still exude life a
inly hope to s
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