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don’t know what is.”
I took a deep breath and opened the letter.
Kelly went on and on about how much she and Andrew missed me. She mentioned how sometimes she couldn’t understand how she allowed me to be so far away from them, but that the ‘doctors’ kept reminding her about how that is important to my improvement and how much progress I was already making. She had been told that they soon would be able to talk to me on the phone, and she could not wait.
She also talked a bit about my baby sister, Carolyn… about how she could not wait for me to meet her.
I knew that the Academy was doing something to make her believe all of those lies, but I couldn’t tell that to Kelly because I was sure they were reading all of my letters. That would explain why out of all of those letters I wrote, I just now got a reply. Clearly, my last letter, the one that was all secretive about this place, was the only one that Kelly and Andrew received.
I was all teary eyed by the time I finished reading the letter.
“I’m going to get you home,” said Hunter.
I nodded.
“What about this Ashley thing? I do want to know if she is okay, I just don’t want the daily reminder that it is Benjamin’s kid that she is carrying.”
“You are right. I don’t want you to have to go through that.”
“Yes, but Daniels wants—“
“Just ignore what he said, Kayla.”
“Hunter, I do not want a roommate. If I have to choose between hanging around Ashley or having a roommate, I will hang out with her.”
Hunter put his hand on my shoulder. “Look, just let things calm down. I stayed after you left and Daniels does want to see how she adjusts on her own at first… without seeing us at all. If that is a problem, then we would come into play. He just thinks that if there are problems with her adjusting, seeing familiar faces might help.”
“…And then what?”
“We will be gone by then,” he said.
“What do you mean? I thought we still had to figure out how to safely break the wards so that we can leave and no one can come in… that is going to take some time.”
“There have been improvements in our plans. Eat your dinner and I will tell you about it. Just know that with Ashley here and so close to having that baby, well… Benjamin will be trying harder to get into the Academy, and I’m getting you out of here before that happens.”
“What if he comes after me when we leave?” I asked.
Then, I guess you just answered one of the things I have been contemplating.
“Huh?”
“Kim… she will make sure that doesn’t happen.”
Hunter wouldn’t tell me anything else until I finished eating, but then, the lights went out, and he insisted I needed rest. He said that he was tired too, but he would tell me the entire plan in the morning.
When Hunter got up to leave… even though I knew he wouldn’t really be gone, I stopped him.
“Stay,” I said. “I know you have been staying here one way or another anyway.”
“You do?” he asked.
I nodded.
“I can sleep on the other bed,” he said. Even though I didn’t have a roommate, Daniels left everything setup to make everyone believe that sooner or later I would get one.
“Please don’t,” I said. “The nightmares are getting worse…”
I didn’t have to finish what I was saying. Hunter pulled me into a hug, and then lay down on the bed, pulling me down with him.
“Do you think the nightmares will ever go away?” I asked.
“Probably, but… call me selfish, but then you won’t need me anymore, so I’m not sure that would be a good thing. Not for me, anyway.”
“Don’t be silly.”
“Come on, Kayla. If it wasn’t for that, I would probably be sleeping on the other bed, or maybe even in another room.”
“I doubt that is the case,” I said.
“I would hope not.”
We lay there for a while, just holding each other.
“Hunter?”
“Yeah?”
“Why are you risking so much for me?”
“You
I took a deep breath and opened the letter.
Kelly went on and on about how much she and Andrew missed me. She mentioned how sometimes she couldn’t understand how she allowed me to be so far away from them, but that the ‘doctors’ kept reminding her about how that is important to my improvement and how much progress I was already making. She had been told that they soon would be able to talk to me on the phone, and she could not wait.
She also talked a bit about my baby sister, Carolyn… about how she could not wait for me to meet her.
I knew that the Academy was doing something to make her believe all of those lies, but I couldn’t tell that to Kelly because I was sure they were reading all of my letters. That would explain why out of all of those letters I wrote, I just now got a reply. Clearly, my last letter, the one that was all secretive about this place, was the only one that Kelly and Andrew received.
I was all teary eyed by the time I finished reading the letter.
“I’m going to get you home,” said Hunter.
I nodded.
“What about this Ashley thing? I do want to know if she is okay, I just don’t want the daily reminder that it is Benjamin’s kid that she is carrying.”
“You are right. I don’t want you to have to go through that.”
“Yes, but Daniels wants—“
“Just ignore what he said, Kayla.”
“Hunter, I do not want a roommate. If I have to choose between hanging around Ashley or having a roommate, I will hang out with her.”
Hunter put his hand on my shoulder. “Look, just let things calm down. I stayed after you left and Daniels does want to see how she adjusts on her own at first… without seeing us at all. If that is a problem, then we would come into play. He just thinks that if there are problems with her adjusting, seeing familiar faces might help.”
“…And then what?”
“We will be gone by then,” he said.
“What do you mean? I thought we still had to figure out how to safely break the wards so that we can leave and no one can come in… that is going to take some time.”
“There have been improvements in our plans. Eat your dinner and I will tell you about it. Just know that with Ashley here and so close to having that baby, well… Benjamin will be trying harder to get into the Academy, and I’m getting you out of here before that happens.”
“What if he comes after me when we leave?” I asked.
Then, I guess you just answered one of the things I have been contemplating.
“Huh?”
“Kim… she will make sure that doesn’t happen.”
Hunter wouldn’t tell me anything else until I finished eating, but then, the lights went out, and he insisted I needed rest. He said that he was tired too, but he would tell me the entire plan in the morning.
When Hunter got up to leave… even though I knew he wouldn’t really be gone, I stopped him.
“Stay,” I said. “I know you have been staying here one way or another anyway.”
“You do?” he asked.
I nodded.
“I can sleep on the other bed,” he said. Even though I didn’t have a roommate, Daniels left everything setup to make everyone believe that sooner or later I would get one.
“Please don’t,” I said. “The nightmares are getting worse…”
I didn’t have to finish what I was saying. Hunter pulled me into a hug, and then lay down on the bed, pulling me down with him.
“Do you think the nightmares will ever go away?” I asked.
“Probably, but… call me selfish, but then you won’t need me anymore, so I’m not sure that would be a good thing. Not for me, anyway.”
“Don’t be silly.”
“Come on, Kayla. If it wasn’t for that, I would probably be sleeping on the other bed, or maybe even in another room.”
“I doubt that is the case,” I said.
“I would hope not.”
We lay there for a while, just holding each other.
“Hunter?”
“Yeah?”
“Why are you risking so much for me?”
“You
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