chapter 54

MOLLY

Nea drove for a while. She and Jess were talking, but we couldn’t hear much in the back. My phone was buzzing, and I answered, already knowing it was Ashton.

“We’re in the back of a vehicle.”

“I’m aware.”

Oh, boy. His voice was already grim. He was not happy.

“I’ll call when we’ve stopped—”

“We’ve been following you for the last three blocks. Tell Nea to pull over in the nearest parking lot.”

“What?” I looked up, peering through the window, and there he was. Ashton was glaring at me from the front seat, right next to Elijah, whose mouth was twitching. “How’d you find us?”

“I put a tracker on your phone, remember? Tell her to turn off.”

“Oh, okay.” I twisted back around. “Nea! We have a ride. Pull over.”

“What?” Both she and Jess said that at the same time.

I motioned behind us. “The cavalry found us.”

“What?”

Jess cursed. “There’s a parking lot. Go there.”

She hit the turn signal, moving over, and once she had stopped, vehicles swarmed us. Literally. One went in front. Two went