“Well, now we’re screwed,” Amelia said as she crossed her arms.
In that moment, Evie was surprised to find how much her daughter looked like she had when she was that age. Sure, she had nicer hair and more femininity than she could’ve asked for, but the similarities were undeniable. However, the resemblance died when she frowned.
“What?” she scowled.
“Nothing,” Evie said, shaking her head. “You just reminded me of someone.”
“What should we do now?” Kylie asked.
Evie shrugged. “Honestly, I don’t have a clue. By now, Mason is halfway to Cliffside Hill. If we head up there now, then we’re only risking Diane’s life. That’s not a call I’m prepared to make. If we call the police, we might as well be digging her grave.”
“So we just sit here and do nothing?” from Amelia.
It wasn’t that simple. Then again, it never was with Mason. As usual, he had just run off into the night with a gun and no plan whatsoever. How was she supposed to help when he was off doing his own thing? Was she even destined to be there at all?
“We’re going,” she finally said.
Confused glances swung between the girls.
“We’re going,” she said again, this time making a move for the door. “As long as we’re discreet, there’s no reason we can’t be there. But we’ll have to park farther down the road. There’s an embankment not too far from the meeting place.”
“You know a lot about this,” Kylie said.
“Yeah, I’ve been there before.”
Nightmarish images flashed in her memory. Had it really been eight years? Had Marvin Wendell really waited this long to carry out his revenge? It seemed impossible for that much time to have passed, but when she looked around at her daughter, it was easy to see where it had all gone. Now they were here to make the same mistakes all over again—for the killer to make his move and for Mason to pay for the consequences of his actions.
“Come on. We have to hurry.” Evie pulled open the door and encouraged them out, all while she dug through her purse for the car keys. Her shaking hands made it harder to pull them apart, but she got there in the end.
She just hoped her nerves wouldn’t fail her tonight.