Chapter 87

Lily ticked her gaze to Callum. "Didn't she?"

When he nodded, I felt myself tipping forward. Or maybe the earth grew lop-sided because it wanted us all to slide away from this impossible news. But I caught myself with Jo and Callum's hands squeezed in mine.

"Why are you both bleeding?" Jo asked.

"Where is she?" Lily asked.

"How do you know about Ica, Lily?" Callum asked.

"No." That was all I could say. Every other word, every thought, swam through my head in a confused rush. She couldn't have escaped. Because the first thing she would do would be to find me. "No," I said again, as if it could change anything.

"What do you want us to do, Leigh?" Callum asked in a low voice.

I didn't know. I'd been so focused on keeping her from coming back, I'd never thought for one second what I would do if she did. Just like I'd been with Mom.

"Leigh?" He gave my arm a shake, and I looked up into his dark eyes.