Deke’s body stiffens against mine, and Cole’s eyes narrow on me.
“Lake Travis?” Cole yanks Austin back from me and Deke, cutting her off, placing himself between her and us.
“What were you doing there?” Deke demands.
I pull away from him, wiping my face, confused to what is happening. “I told you. He messaged me to come over.”
“Bullshit!” Cole snaps, taking a step closer to me.
Deke reaches out, placing a hand on Cole’s bare chest, bringing him to a stop. But his next words say he doesn’t believe me either. “Can you prove that?”
I’m starting to get pissed off. I’ve had one hell of a fucking night. I cross my arms over my chest. “Why does it matter? I just told you that he confessed he was gonna rape me. Why do I need to prove that?” I snap.
“’Cause I don’t believe you,” Cole answers.
I snort in disbelief at these guys.
“Cole, stop!” Austin tells him.
“No.” He turns to face her. “The guys and I get a message from Evan Scott and possibly go to the very same cabin that Demi’s boyfriend owns, and you don’t think that’s a coincidence.”
She opens her mouth, but I speak first. “Evan Scott? You got a message from him?”
This time, it’s Deke who steps into me. “You mean the message you sent us?”
My eyes widen.What the fuck?
“And it’s game over for you, Demi.”
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
DEKE
MY BLOOD ISpumping, my fists are clenched, and my mind is screaming that this bitch played us better than anyone else ever has. I reach out for her, and she takes a step back from me. Her eyes are wide, and her face drained of any color. Finally, she shows true fucking fear. Good for her to realize that I can and will hurt her.
“There has to be an explanation.” Austin speaks.
“That was why your name was on the list,” I say more to myself than anyone else. “You put it there to throw us off.”Fuck, Shane was right.
“List? What list?” Demi asks.
Her eyes going from mine to Cole’s. He wants to murder her. I can feel it. Anything that threatens hissweetheart, he would destroy without thought. But I won’t let him have Demi. I’ll handle her myself. She’s had it coming since she pretended to be her sister at Silence.
Austin steps out from behind Cole. He tries to grab her, but she manages to get away from him. “Demi, you have to explain why you wrote that note. Did Seth make you do it? Was he the one who sent out the messages?” She rattles off questions, the next one sounding even more desperate than the first.
“The one from Evan Scott?” Demi asks still putting on her best fucking show of confusion. Like a little lost girl in a forest that is about to swallow her up.
She reaches into her back pocket and pulls out her cell. “I got a friend request from him the night of my Halloween party. I have yet to accept it, but I showed it to Becky a couple of days later and she got pissed. Sent him a message. He responded earlier this week, but I blew it off.”
I yank her phone from her hands and look at it. She has her messenger pulled up, and sure enough it has a message to him a few days ago.
“She said it was an ex of hers.” Demi adds.
Her: I will fucking kill you.
“Becky sent this to him?” I ask, still skeptical.
“Yes. I don’t know the guy. We only had one mutual friend, and it was her. Why?”
