Christ almighty, she knows all this, and even I think I look batshit crazy.
What the fuck does she think?
One saving grace is Lyndall. She is there. What kind of psycho brings his kid sister?
Besides, what the fuck does she think I'm going to do?
But while I don't have a crystal ball for those thoughts in her pretty head, I can make an educated guess. She reached out to Silas because she is scared for her safety. Only, she is not scared of whoever is out to get her.
No.
She is scared of me.
There is only one way to salvage this.
I need to come clean to Lola on everything.
My phone lights up.
Lola
Alex...if I need you, can you help?
Me
What do you need?
Lola
Maybe just someone I can trust.
Me
I'm there. Whenever you need me.
I drop my phone like it is burning.
I shouldn't have done that, I know. But I can't ignore her, either.
Earlier, when she texted me...texted Alex, she didn't give her location away, didn't really give much away.
So, there is a part of her that trusts me.
Which means there is hope.
If I was there, I would tell her. Everything.
Shit.
Almost everything.
Because she trusts Alex, and with things as tenuous as they are, she needs someone, and I need an in.
It is in my best interest to keep Alex's real identity a secret.
And when this is over?
Alex will have to ghost her.
