Chapter 1
Audrey opened the door to Brooke’s car knowing this was a bad idea. She didn’t know what they would find in that motel room, it could just be Branson tied to the bed but it could also be the killer tied to the bed, and there was no way she was going to let Brooke go back there by herself. It’s not that Brooke can’t look after herself, it’s just that with everything that’s been going on they better stick together.
“I’m so stupid!” Brooke said, “What was I thinking? I just made everything worse” Brooke had a vicious grip on the steering wheel “I just, I was so angry. I was sure he had something to do with it, with Jake” she said his name quietly, the pain of losing him not going away anytime soon.
“Brooke stop it, it wasn’t stupid” Audrey looked at Brooke, her eyes were focused on the road but Audrey could see the pain in them. And when did that happen? At what point did they become close enough that Audrey could read her like an open book? “Ok, maybe it wasn’t the smartest move, putting yourself in danger like that, but who can blame you, really? We’ve all done bad things, worse even, no one can judge you. Trust me I know something about making stupid decisions.”
Brooke glanced at her then, and Audrey looked out the window. There was something Audrey wasn’t telling her, but from the look in her face she didn’t want to talk about it. Maybe later, it wasn’t a good time after all “We’re here” Brooke said when she saw the Motel. She parked close by and they got out of the car.
“You ok?” Audrey asked sticking close to Brooke just in case.
“Yeah, yeah let’s do this” Brooke said putting her confident mask on as she walked towards the building.
“Ok, I should probably call Noah tell him where we are, you know? Better safe than sorry”.