Chapter 74

“Are you sure this is gonna work?” Gerard asked distracting me.

I kept an eye on Tom until he calmed down enough that his face returned to red.

“I’m not sure of anything right now. But it’s all I got.”

Benny spit out a curse then went back to keeping watch again. I knew he wasn’t happy with my idea, but I didn’t have a moment to give him reassurance. My gut was telling me that these people were not trying to kill us otherwise, since we hadn’t exactly been hiding when we had weeded our way through the barrier, one of us would have been dead. I started to crawl away towards the only opening into the main street.

Marcus grabbed me again before I could stand up. “Mom, be careful please.”

My heart melted and I stopped long enough to draw him into a hug.

“I will be, sweetheart. I promise I’ll be back,” I reassured him.

“We’ve already lost Dad and I don’t wanna lose you too,” he whispered against me.