Chapter 26

Amber and Jessie were screaming, and people in the crowd were in complete shock. Landon and Tristan's parents on the other hand, were surprisingly calm, and just watched from the sidelines. My mom had her hands over her eyes, but was occasionally peering through them, then hiding behind them again. Tyler was frantically trying to calm Tristan down, but Tristan was zoned out, and wasn't paying attention to anything.

Suddenly Landon's body went limp and he slumped down towards the floor. Gasps came from everywhere in the crowd. Tristan was still holding him in the choke hold, but he was just staring into space. Tyler's attempts to get through to his brother were useless, and he turned around to Cassie with a pleading look on his face.

“Tyler said you need to get over there, now. You need to try to get through to Tristan. If he doesn't let Landon go soon, he's gonna kill him,” she pleaded with me.

“Okay, I'll try,” I replied.