Sol Boxset
Page 57
She withdrew and looked down. “In prison, he mentioned something… something that man, Raph, said.”
Jake drew his attention back to her. He’d expected as much, but he didn’t know what the cloaked man could have said to Dante to make him attack Elizabeth like that.
“It doesn’t matter what he said. Dante shouldn’t have attacked her.”
“He said she knew something about that group he’s been chasing after.”
“Well, he shouldn’t have believed him.”
“He didn’t,” Sara shouted back, then drew inward again, looking at the ground. “Or at least not at first. But the man said things… he wouldn’t tell me what… but he said things that convinced him.”
Jake thought back to odd conversation they had, one that they carried out for a while. Dante was arguing with him, trying not to believe it. But it was true. Elizabeth did know about that group. And so did—
“He also mentioned that you knew something too?”
Jake’s eyes widened, and he saw the conviction in Sara’s eyes. Her gaze was no longer downcast but tearing straight into him. She turned away and leaned against the same building, though on the opposite side of the doorway. She looked at the empty and dark space before her.
“That group did something to him. Something horrible.”
“They aren’t bad people. They wouldn’t—”
She whipped her head around at him, her hair lashing out behind her, and stared commandingly into him. “They did do something. And if you had information, either you or Elizabeth, you should have told him. As his friend—”
“I’m not his friend!”
It came out hoarse and rough, although Jake couldn’t say rougher than intended. He didn’t really mean anything by it, nor did he know what he was thinking. He looked at Sara to see if he’d hurt her, but she shook her head, tears running down her cheeks. “I’d hoped that wasn’t the case,” she said, then walked away. Jake watched her fade into the darkness, then fixed his gaze downward.
“Dammit.”
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About the author…
Samuel Small has been writing stories since he was four years old. His earliest book, titled Mario, was a thrilling tale in which the titular character had to jump up to get a key to open a door. His stories have gotten even more riveting over the years, now consisting of more than one sentence per page.