"I’ll help close up here," I say, looking back to see Asher cleaning up. "Tell Chelsea."

"That you love her," Toby says. "I’ll tell her." He laughs and trots out with Keith next to him.

"I’ll make sure she’s okay," Beau says, following Jacob in the back of the group.

I help Asher close the back doors and then look in to see the room that Quinn walked in before, and I stop in my tracks. "What in the…?" The whole room has wall-to-wall cages with guns in them. "You definitely didn’t show Toby this room," I say, walking in, and Quinn laughs, shaking his head.

"You and Ethan are the only ones who have really seen it," Casey says. "If you ever want to come out and shoot."

"You could bring Chelsea out, and we can see if she has a better shot." Quinn smirks at me. "My money is on Chelsea."

"Mine, too," I say, and then we walk out of the room and get on the horses. I wait outside of the barn for Casey and Quinn to come out. Asher then closes up, and the four of us ride back. A bit faster than when we got there.

Getting back to the barn, I get off the horse and walk with Quinn back into the barn. "I’ll take care of them," Asher says to us. "It won’t take me long."

We leave the horses there, and we walk back out. The party is now in full swing, and even more people have shown up. "How does it get bigger and bigger?" I shake my head. "Just when I think it can’t be bigger.”

My eyes roam the backyard, looking for Chelsea. "You know my grandparents," Quinn says. "The more, the merrier."

"Yeah," I say, not paying attention as I look to see Jacob and Kallie now together.

I walk now to them since they are the closest. "Have you seen Chelsea?" I ask, and they both shake their heads.

"She is probably inside with Gram," Jacob says, and I nod.

I’m making my way into the kitchen when I’m stopped by Reed and his best friend, Scott. "I was just telling him," he says, "about the shot you got."

I smirk at them. "All you have to do is look before you shoot." I look around again and see people coming and going. "Have you seen Chelsea?" I ask, and they both shake their head.

I nod and then make my way two steps before Ethan comes to me, holding Aubrey in his arms. "Have you seen Chelsea?" I ask, looking around, and he does the same thing.

"I saw her a little while ago," Emily says calmly. "She must be around here somewhere," she says, and I look at Ethan, who is now looking around the yard also.

"There is my mom.” Ethan points out to where Savannah is with Beau.

I jog to them. "Have you seen Chelsea?" I ask, and Savannah just shakes her head.

"She is probably inside," Beau says, and I nod, turning and making my way inside.

I pull open the door, and I’m stepping inside the house, my heart is beating so fast, it feels like it is going to jump out of my chest. I turn the corner to the kitchen and see blond hair, and just for a second, I calm down until the person turns and I see that it’s Amelia.

"Hey," I say, my hands shaking now. "Have you seen Chelsea?"

"No." She shakes her head, and I’m about to go back outside when her grandparents walk back into the house.

Her grandfather is laughing now, and the minute he sees me, his laughing stops. "Have you seen Chelsea?" I look at him and see her grandmother gasp.

"Is she not back yet?" she says in almost a whisper, and the back door opens now, and Ethan and Beau come in.

"She isn’t anywhere out there," Ethan says.

"She left." I look over at her grandmother. My mouth is suddenly dry as the hair on the back of my neck stands up.

"Where did she go?" The panic in me makes my whole body shake as the back door creaks open again, and we all look over to see if, by some miracle, it’s her. But it’s only Kallie and Jacob. Their faces are showing the worry in them. "Where did she go?" I ask her again.

The tears start to flow down her grandmother's face as she wrings her hands. "She forgot my plate. I told her that I didn’t need it." I’m already one foot out the door when everyone’s phone starts going off.

I stop in my tracks, knowing that dread is coming. I stop in my tracks with this fear that rolls into me. I stop in my tracks with the rage that is so big I don’t know how to rein it in. Ethan is the first one to talk. His voice is low. "Alarm was triggered at Chelsea’s."

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