Page 120 of Wicked Sins

Chapter Forty-Nine

Josiah

Ibring Candy a cup of coffee the next morning, and find her shoving her cellphone charger inside a packed suitcase. When she notices me in the doorway, she jumps and lays a hand on her heart.

“You scared me,” she says, brushing away a strand of hair from her face as I come closer.

I hold out her coffee, but I don’t let go when she wraps her fingers around it. “Were you going to say goodbye?”

Her arms sag when I finally release the cup, and a small wave of coffee splashes over the side and slops onto her carpet.

“I wasn’t leaving yet. I just wanted to be ready in case…”

In case he came back.

“Sit.”

Her eyebrows twitch at the command, but then she sighs and perches on the edge of her bed.

I stand in front of her, and she has to crane her neck to make eye contact. “Tell me everything.”

She drops her gaze.

I grab her chin, forcing her to look up at me. “Everything,” I repeat.

“I don’t remember much,” she says quietly. “Just bits and pieces.”

“Why didn’t you say anything before?”

She shrugs. “It kinda…it came back last night when—”

I let go of her chin, and she takes a sip of her coffee. This time, when she keeps her head down, I don’t force her to look up at me again.

“You said he drugged you.”

She nods.

“How? Did he put it in your drink?”

She shrugs, takes another sip. “Dunno.”

“You don’t remember?”

Candy shakes her head. “I guess whatever he gave me, it might have done something to my memory. Given me amnesia or—”

I put my hand in my pocket. Candy stiffens when she catches sight of the pills on my palm. “They look anything like this?”

“Yes!” She licks her lips. “Where did you—?”

“Doesn’t matter.” The pills go back into my pocket. When I crouch in front of her, she shifts uneasily.

What, now I can’t even be close to her anymore?

I stamp down my annoyance, and force myself not to touch her.

“Finish your coffee, then come downstairs.”

“Wh-where are we going?”

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