Chapter 28

Rebecca

I went into the room, not bothering myself with his mother. They were both up to no good, and from the look of things, she wasn’t going to be telling me what they were doing, so I knew the best thing to do was to hear it straight from the horse’s mouth.

She had been repeating ‘Mandy’ ever since she walked out of that room, and none of that was healthy for my impatience. It was only a matter of time before I got mad and took things far.

Chad fluttered his eyes open when I walked into the room. I had almost pushed his mother to the floor when she wouldn’t stop tugging at my arm, trying to stop me from going into the room, and nothing honestly vexed me more.

“Chad!” I took angry strides to his side of the bed and sat in front of him. “What do you mean Nikki looks like Mandy? Who the fuck is Mandy, and why did your mother sound disappointed to find out who Nikki really is?”

“Rebecca, this isn’t the time for this discussion.” He shunned me, turning t