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Carter finally settles back down in his seat before reaching out to grab one of the last bagels on the table in front of him. “Seriously though, Rachel isn’t a bad idea,” Flynn says, breaking the silence around us. I look up at Ant, who nods in agreement.
Flynn picks up a picture of Eva that we found in the DMV servers, “The only issue is, she comes to the gym every day. Won’t that make them suspicious?” He tosses the picture back onto the table.
“That’s an easy fix. Just ban her from the gym,” Carter mumbles, his mouth full of bagel.
“We can’t just ban her, Carts. You know that won’t stop her from showing up.” I respond.
Ideas start racing through my mind about how we can make this work. We need Rachel to have zero connection to us.
“What if we send her on a paid vacation away from Boston for a few nights? That could give us the breathing room we need.” I suggest.
Everyone turns to me before erupting into a frenzy of ideas about where she could go.
Needing a distraction, I stand and head to the back of the kitchen. Glancing out over the table., I run through everything that has happened in the last 24 hours. It was naive to think moving would cut us off from that life. but I had to try something.
I watch as Carter and Flynn argue. Carter being insistent on New York.
“You can’t send her there, you idiot. That’s a four hour drive! They’d never send Eva that far.”
Carter throws himself onto the sofa in frustration, mumbling something I can’t quite hear.
As the conversation keeps spiralling, the nagging thought pushes its way back into my head, where is she now? I need to know.
Without a word, I slip out of the room and head across to my room silently. Once in the safety of my room I turn the computer screen on and pull up Eva’s location seeing her at the office.
I smile as the dot blinks red with her current location. “I think it's my turn to pay you a visit this time Buttercup”.
CHAPTER 9
EVA
I walkinto the office building filled with dread of the days to come. After receiving the photograph of Carter outside our door, both of us hardly slept, worrying that the person who left it was going to return.
Mandy left an hour before me so she could fill Rob in, on everything that happened which soon followed up with a text from him asking me to go straight into his office once I arrived. As I walk through the office space, it was like everyone’s eyes turn towards me, as if they know what happened.
“Eva. thank god you’re here.” I hear someone shout.
I turn to see Adam running in my direction, before wrapping his arms around me. “I’m so glad you’re ok” he mumbles into my shoulder. Well I guess that confirms that everyone knows.
“Yeah, erm thanks Adam, I’m okay but I need to see Rob so” I say before gently removing him from me.
“Oh yeah sure, go.”
I give him a small smile before quickly walking out of the main office before anyone else can stop me. The thought of getting a coffee enters my mind before going to see him, but I know someone will be in there who wants to talk.
I don’t knowwho,but It will be someone who will ask too many questions.
When I approach Rob's door, the sound of faint voices seep through, one of them being Mandy’s which stops the second I knock on the door, shortly followed by Rob’s voice.
“Enter” Robs shouts.
I push the door open to see Rob pacing around the room on his phone, while Mandy sits on the sofa at the other side of the room with a look of concern. I quickly give Rob a wave before taking a seat next to her.
“No you don’t under-” Rob says with frustration.
“Yes, fine but they won’t be happy about this.”
I turn my head slightly to glance at Mandy, seeing the same concerned look on her face as when I walked in before Rob turns to face us both.
