Chapter 16

I have spent the entire afternoon trying to work out a plan.

I do the only thing I can.

Soul is taking a shower before bed, so I grab my phone and send a couple of quick text messages. One to Dean and one to Holden.

'I need you. Please pick me up at midnight tonight. It's urgent.'

Swallowing hard, I lay down in bed and pretend to sleep, ensuring my breathing is calm, my body is still and I look peaceful.

I hope that this plan works.

I have to protect my boys.

My precious sons.

I know Dean and Holden rejected me, but it was out of shock, not out of not caring for me.

They've shown they care.

They're here nearly everyday banging on the door, trying to get me to see them.

If they don't help me tonight, I know for good that I am on my own.

That I'm in this alone.

I hear Soul's movements, and the bed dipping as he climbs in beside me.

He sighs, and lays down, facing away from me.

Before long, I hear his ca