Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Jock I came to Destroy : Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 27

Sienna stared at the photograph.She couldn't look away.The man standing beside her mother wasn't supposed to exist.Not anymore.“Jace…”“I see him.”His voice was strangely calm.Too calm.Sienna looked at him.“You know who he is?”Jace nodded slowly.“My father's lawyer.”Her stomach dropped.“Your father's lawyer?”“Daniel Cross.”Sienna's fingers tightened around the photograph.“But Daniel died.”Jace looked at her.“Apparently, everybody in this story has.”She almost laughed.It came out as a nervous breath instead.“That's not funny.”“I know.”He took the photograph from her.On the back was a date.Three years ago.And beneath it:11:58 P.M.Jace's expression changed.“What?”“That was the night Ethan disappeared.”Sienna stared at the photograph.Her mother.Daniel Cross.The old student center.Three years ago.Everything was beginning to connect.“Why would my mother meet your father's lawyer?”“I don't know.”“You keep saying that.”“Because I'm starting to think ever

The gunshot tore through the gym.Sienna dropped instantly.Ethan grabbed her and pulled her behind the nearest row of seats.“Stay down!”Jace crouched beside them.“Where did it come from?”“I don't know,” Ethan whispered.Another shot cracked through the darkness.Glass shattered above them.Sienna covered her head.“Is everyone okay?”“I'm fine,” Jace said.Ethan grabbed his shoulder.“Don't move.”Jace looked at him.“I'm not taking orders from you.”“You should start.”“Three years, and that's the first thing you say to me?”“Jace!”Ethan's voice was sharp.“Not now.”A shadow moved near the entrance.Jace tensed.“Someone's coming.”Ethan looked around.“There's a back exit.”“How do you know?”“I used to train here.”“Great.”Jace grabbed Sienna's hand.“Let's go.”They crawled behind the seats.Another shot.The bullet struck the metal railing beside them.Sienna gasped.Jace pulled her closer.“You okay?”She nodded.“I'm terrified.”“Same.”“Good.”He gave her a quick smile

Sienna stared at Coach Reynolds.For once, she had nothing clever to say.The man who had spent three years cheering from the sidelines, shaking Jace's hand after every victory, and telling him to keep his head in the game was standing in front of them like he belonged in a nightmare.Ethan moved closer to Sienna.“Don't listen to him.”Coach Reynolds smiled.“Still protecting her?”Ethan's jaw tightened.“Always.”Jace stepped forward.“You lied to me.”Coach Reynolds looked at him.“I kept you alive.”“You told me my father was dead.”“He needed to disappear.”“You told me Ethan was dead.”“I told you what you needed to believe.”Jace laughed bitterly.“That's your excuse?”“No.”Reynolds' expression hardened.“It's the truth.”Sienna held up the flash drive Marcus had given her.“You're afraid of this.”Reynolds looked at it.For the first time, his smile disappeared.“Give it to me.”“No.”“Sienna.”She took a step backward.“You said I should have stayed away from your family.”“