Consumed by Truths (Truth or Lies 6)

“Yes.”

“Last thing,” I reach into her purse and pull out her cell phone. This will be the hardest part for Liesel. “You can’t use your cell phone. Ideally, no phones at all. But if you absolutely need one, then use a payphone or buy a burner phone. Understand? Don’t borrow someone else’s. Don’t trust anyone, but me and Langston.”

She nods, then leans over and kisses me on the cheek. “Don’t worry. I’m good at playing dead.”

Liesel gets up and walks out of the bar—out of my life.

Two dead people have returned to my life. Two ghosts have reappeared only to disappear again.

My heart clenches—Kai.

Could she be alive too?

Whether she is alive or not, it makes no difference. My mission is the same. Kill Felix. Take out anyone who followed him over me. Ensure that if Kai is alive, she is safe.

8

Kai

“You’re going to be fine,” Beckett says as he drives me down the hill to the small clinic. This town doesn’t even have a hospital. I have no idea how close the nearest hospital is, but I’m guessing close to an hour plane or boat ride away.

My head feels dizzy, I want to vomit, and I feel the blood trickling between my legs.

Please, God, don’t let this baby die.

“You’re going to be fine,” Beckett repeats.

“I don’t care about me! I’m worried about the baby.”

“Well, if you die, the baby dies, so you better care about living.”

I growl. “Just drive.”

He sighs. “Take my hand.”

“What? Why?”

“Just trust me. It will make you feel better.”

I glare. Was he listening to anything I was saying?

“It will help calm you down, which will lower your anxiety and blood pressure, which will help the baby.”

I grab his hand quickly and forcibly. I squeeze his hand with everything I have, partially from being angry with him, and partially from being so scared about what I’m facing.

“The baby is going to be fine,” he says.

“You don’t know that,” I say, my voice shaky.

“Yes, I do.”

I shake my head. “Everything that can go wrong goes horribly in my life.”

He frowns. “Just focus on my hand. I need you to squeeze as hard as you possibly can. Focus on that, nothing else.”

I look down at where I’m already gripping his hand tightly. I squeeze harder, watching as his hand turns from red to white.

“Just like that, Kai.”