Chapter Twenty Five

Riley

"Come on, RI. It's been ages since we hit the club!" It's been 15 minutes since we left yet another alleyway that turned out to be pointless and Josh hasn't shut up about us getting out. I'll give it to the guy he's been by my side for the last 5 days or has it been 6? I'm not even sure anymore. What I do know is this guy is loyal to a fault and is doing everything in his power to help me find Julia and Nina and he deserves a night off.

"I'm good, but you should go." He shakes his head but as he goes to speak I watch his face suddenly turn pale. "Hmm, Riley?" he points out of the window behind me and I swear I almost brake my neck with how fast I snap it back to see what he's looking at. No way... It can't be... As if reading my mind Josh confirms that what I'm seeing is real. There standing on the front steps and banging holly hell out of my front door is Julia. Fuck, she's here.

At this point, my brain seems to shut down and my body goes on autopilot as I stop questioning ev