Book 2 -41-

[The Man In The Hole]

SIERRA

“How could you possibly know what the plan was or that it wouldn’t work?” Zaiden’s brow furrowed. For a moment, he looked confused, and then averted his gaze to Cassidy.

“Seriously! That’s what concerns you?” I chortled, unamused. “I am telling you your plan is flawed, will fail, and we’ll all end up dead. Yet, your focus is to ask how I knew about your plan. Are you kidding me?”

“That’s not what I’m saying,” he retorted.

I threw my hands in the air, exhausted by this merry-go-round of bullshit. “Then what are you saying? Because I, for one, would like to prevent your father from killing me.”

“Your knowledge about the plan failing and us dying caught me off guard is all,” he stated defensively. “Besides, Cassidy would never betray me or her parents—”

“Well, I’m glad you put so much trust in her,” I cut him off. “But I know what I saw and what will happen. I have the images ingrained in my mind like a flash photo, and I can’t get them out. So you tel