Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Jock I came to Destroy : Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

Sienna couldn't move.The figure stood at the end of the hallway, half-hidden beneath the weak yellow light.She knew that voice.She had heard it once before.Three years ago.On a night she had spent years trying to forget.“Ethan?”The man didn't answer.Her heart slammed against her ribs.She took one cautious step forward.“Ethan?”This time, the figure moved.Not toward her.Away.Sienna's eyes widened.“Wait!”She ran.The man disappeared around the corner.“Hey!”Sienna chased him down the hallway, her shoes slapping against the floor.She turned the corner.Nothing.No footsteps.No open door.No one.Her breathing became ragged.“This isn't funny.”She looked around frantically.Then she noticed a door at the end of the corridor.It was slightly open.Sienna rushed toward it.She pushed it open.Empty.Just an old storage room filled with broken chairs and dusty boxes.Her heart sank.“No…”She searched the room anyway.Nothing.Then she saw something on the floor.A silver

Sienna stared at the message until the words blurred.He's much closer to you than you think.Her fingers tightened around her phone.“Who sent that?” Jace asked.She looked up.He was watching her carefully.“No one.”“Sienna.”“I said no one.”“You've said that about every suspicious message you've received.”“And yet you're still asking.”“Because you keep lying.”She slipped her phone into her pocket.“I have somewhere to be.”Jace frowned.“Where?”“The hospital.”His expression changed.“Why?”“Daniel.”“You're not going.”She blinked.“Excuse me?”“You heard me.”“You don't get to decide where I go.”“Someone murdered him.”“And that's exactly why I'm going.”Jace stepped closer.“Sienna, whoever killed him could still be there.”“Then I'll be careful.”“That isn't enough.”She gave him a look.“You're really annoying when you're worried.”“And you're really stubborn when you're scared.”“I am not scared.”“You're shaking.”She looked down.Her hands were, in fact, shaking.She

Sienna couldn't stop staring at Jace.He stood in front of her, breathing hard, his eyes fixed on the dark hallway where the stranger had disappeared.“How did you know I was here?” she asked.Jace didn't answer immediately.That was enough to make her stomach twist.“You knew,” she said again.“I saw your location.”“My location?”He pulled out his phone.“You left your location sharing on.”Sienna blinked.“What?”“You sent me your location yesterday when we went to the hospital. You never turned it off.”She stared at him.“Oh.”Jace raised an eyebrow.“That's all you have to say?”“I didn't know.”“I figured.”She crossed her arms.“You could've just told me instead of appearing like some creepy detective.”“You were sneaking around an abandoned building at midnight.”“Technically, I was investigating.”“Technically, you were trespassing.”“Details.”He laughed under his breath.Then his expression changed.“What did that man say to you?”Sienna hesitated.“Nothing important.”Jac

“My father is dead.”Jace said it so quietly that for a second, Sienna wondered if she'd heard him correctly.Aaron didn't move.“No,” he said. “Your father disappeared.”Jace stared at him.“That's not what happened.”“You were told that's what happened.”“My mother buried him.”Aaron's expression didn't change.“Did you see the body?”Jace went silent.Sienna felt the air leave the room.Aaron looked between them.“That is the problem with lies. They don't need to be perfect. They only need to be repeated long enough.”Jace stepped toward him.“Who are you?”“I already told her.”“I don't care what you told Sienna.”Aaron smiled faintly.“You should.”Jace grabbed the front of his shirt.“Tell me where my father is.”Aaron didn't fight him.Instead, he looked over Jace's shoulder.“At home.”Jace froze.“What?”Aaron's voice dropped.“Waiting for you.”The lights suddenly came back on.Aaron was gone.Sienna spun around.The gym doors were still closed.“Where did he go?”Jace relea

Sienna didn't like the way Jace was looking at her.Not angry.Not suspicious.Worried.“Why are you staring at me?” she asked.“Because you're thinking about going there.”“To Ethan's house?”“Yes.”“Obviously.”He shook his head.“You heard what I said.”“I heard you say someone might be waiting for us.”“Exactly.”“So we go somewhere else.”Jace looked at her.“You're joking.”“No.”“Sienna.”She sighed.“Fine. We don't go there tonight.”He relaxed slightly.“Thank you.”“We go tomorrow morning.”His eyes closed.“You're impossible.”“You've mentioned that.”He almost smiled.Then his phone buzzed.They both looked at it.No message.Just a missed call.From his mother.Jace's expression changed.He immediately called back.No answer.Again.Nothing.“Sienna…”“What?”“My mother always answers.”“Maybe she's sleeping.”“At midnight?”“Some people sleep at midnight.”“She doesn't.”His voice had changed.Sienna knew that tone.Something was wrong.“Let's go.”Jace drove home first.