Chapter 43: A Toxic Ex

What’s going on?” I ask in a small voice. “What happened?”

He takes a deep breath.

“Well, let’s start at the beginning. You knew that man, right? The one on the stretcher who was wailing and screaming? He’s your ex-boyfriend, right?”

I blink a few times.

“Yes, that’s Vinnie. We came up to the cabin together, but as I mentioned, we broke up and he took off. What was he doing back on the mountain?”

Xander sighs, shoving a hand through his hair and leaving the black strands ruffled.

“Well, it seems that Duke had a change of heart after leaving you handcuffed and alone in the cabin. He decided that he was going to be the hero. So he turned tail and came back to the cabin to allegedly ‘save you.’ I guess he thought he was going to find you still handcuffed, and begging to be released.”

I stare at him.

“But by then, you’d come,” I say in a slow voice.

Xander nods grimly.

“Yes. I’d arrived by then, and it seems that when Duke peered in through the window, he saw us. Making love,”Xander clari