Chapter 244

“No,” Scooter protested, but it felt empty. Hollow. “Andy came back, dammit, he came back to me.He didn’t…he didn’t go, like every—” like Scooter’s entire family had left him. His ma, who hadn’t wanted to go, but it hadn’t stopped her. His sister who’d left and hidden for so long that he didn’t even know her, before she left him again in a more permanent way.

The mist cleared a little—they were in the graveyard, near the Stahls’ plot. There…there were only two Stahls left in the world. Him and…

…he stared at his hand. Billie wasn’t there, she wasn’t holding onto his hand.

No, no, wait.

Nick was still there, the smug bastard. His smile hadn’t slipped. His knuckles were skinned; a rivulet of blood dripped down his fingers, disappearing into the mist.

“What did you do to them? Where are they?”