“I’ll be back to check on you in a bit then.”
“Thanks, Sean.”
It was a tense few seconds before Miles visibility relaxed. Sawyer was quick to fill the silence between bites of food and sips of milkshake. Between her ramblings, she’d check notifications on her phone. “Sorry. I have this thing about keeping up with news back home.”
When we were all about finished, my phone began to ring. Shuffling to pull it out of my pocket, I nearly dropped it on the floor before getting a good enough grip on it.
My heart sank at the name across it.
“Hello?”
“Where are you?”
“Eating lunch,” I answered.
“Where, Scarlett?” he barked, causing me to jump.
“At a place with a couple of friends. Sean’s Place.”
“OK. Stay there. Do. Not. Leave.”
“What’s going on?”
“Just do as I say. I’ll be in touch.”
With that, he hung up, leaving me confused and scared.
“What’s up?” Sawyer asked, looking at me worriedly.
“I don’t know,” I answered. “Caesar isn’t the type to just tell me what’s going on. Just told me to stay here.”
“Your dad?”
“That’s the one,” I said with a sigh.
“So, what are you going to do?”
“Stay here, like he said.” What other choice did I have?
“You don’t have to do what he says. You know that, right?”
“Actually, I do. If he thinks I’m not safe here, he won’t hesitate to pull me out and ship me off across the country. He’s one man I know to never test his buttons”
“Why?”
“That guy who kidnapped me is still out there. If anyone tells me to stay put, I know I have no option but to do as I’m told. Not if I want to stay alive.”
“Y-y-y-you’re s-s-safe h-h-h-here,” Miles said.
“As long as he doesn’t come in here, I will be.”
I shifted closer to the wall, hoping that it’d block me from anyone entering, but I highly doubted it. So many questions raced through my mind.
I jumped when the bell on the door rang, a man entering without looking our way. I let a breath leave my lungs as he took a seat and picked up a menu. His light blue hat was down far enough on his forehead, I couldn’t see his face or eyes.
I let my eyes drift back to my phone as a text popped up.
I see you.
