"You said someone pulled you down. Did you see who?" Swayze asked.
"No? Can I have water?" I looked around the room. We'd been joined by Mattias, Fabian, and Mitchell. Mattias pulled out his phone.
"I'll text Marisol to grab some. She's on her way. Who do you think did it?"
"I don't know. The voice was a man's."
"The voice? What did they say?"
I shrunk into myself. Hot tears mixed with the chemicals from the pool stung my eyes.
"I was screaming for help, and he said 'I can help you die.’" I shuddered. "It felt like he'd been watching me that whole time, waiting for the chance to catch me alone and pull me under."
"He? You're sure it's a man?" Mattias asked. "Dark hair, light hair, short hair? Eyes? What did they look like?”
"They had a deeper voice." I shrugged. I had assumed, but as I didn't get a look at their face or frame, I couldn't say for sure what they looked like. The room erupted in various curses. The door opened, and Marisol came in, holding a bottle of water. She handed it to me and looked around the room.
"So, what do we know?"
"Jack shit, other than it wasn't an accident," Fabian growled.
No one said anything, but we all had the same collective thought.
I was supposed to be the one murdered today. And if they hadn't succeeded in killing me, then who was next?
"Call everyone, check in," Mattias ordered. "Let's get Domino back to her cabin. She needs rest. You two don't leave her side. I don't care if one of you has to shit. Hold it or bring her along."
Swayze and Koi assisted me off the table. I stood on my own and insisted on walking. I was weak, but still very much alive. I climbed into the golf cart beside Swayze. Koi sat in the back, and together, we left the park and returned to camp. We drove through the gates to the actual cabins. I thanked them because I was too tired to walk far.
"Are we sure it's safe to stay here?" I asked.
"Where else can we go?" Koi asked.
"We can't hide at Johnny Blue's forever, Little Doll." Swayze kissed my forehead. "I'm sorry, but unless you have a better idea..."
The door to the cabin across from us was thrown open and a group of women poured out, laughing. We turned and saw Grace stop short and gasp.
"You're alive?" She blinked rapidly.
Swayze, Koi, and I shared a look.
"What do you mean, I'm alive?" I demanded.
Grace began sputtering."Nothing, just, I thought?—"
Koi hopped off the golf cart and stormed over to her, lifting her by her shirt. "What the fuck did you do?"
"Nothing! I didn't do anything." She kicked the air, trying to get him to let go. "I was given a choice and I made one."
"What choice?" Swayze abandoned me as well, coming over to them.
"Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about. Now that she survived, you're playing the good guys?" She smirked and looked back at me. "Don't trust them. They came to melast night and asked if I wanted you dead or more money for Dennis's death."
And she chose me.
Koi dropped her suddenly and she fell to the ground with a cry.
"Liar!" he screamed.
