The Day I Said No!

of a pain I' d felt a thousand times in my first li

an' s. I saw the flicker of triumph in his, the satisf

as w

tead of the checkbook he was expecting, I

voice dangerously calm. "I am hurtin

DJ booth and the large projection screen behind it, which had been cycling thr

ou doing?" Ethan yel

ry behind what happened on that mountain," I said, m

ssed

ound the tent. The sound quality was crystal clear. I had spent a week

oice first, sharp

the one with the faulty battery. I want it to di

r' s hesit

this. What if he actually gets

m a tragic hero. He' ll get lost, I' ll 'heroically' organize a private search party with my own money, an

crowd. People were looking at Brooke,

cording wa

bout Chloe?"

dictable, she' ll drop everything to play the hero for him. And with the faulty map you' re giving him, she' ll be searching in the wrong area

cordin

tood frozen, their faces pale with horror. Ethan looked like he' d been physical

erupt, two sheriff' s dep

wd, heading straight for me. One of them,

ear. "We' ve reviewed the evidence package you sent over. The text messages,

r gaze to Bro

under arrest for conspiracy to commi

sound of pure panic. Tyler just sagged

the deputies, to Brooke, to the shattered pieces of his expensive sculpture on the

even know was being played. And I was t