Chapter 19

T Kat rust me! I can’t remember a time in my life when those two words were uttered and the outcome was positive. But that’s what Joey asked me to do, and with limited alternative options, that’s exactly what I did. And that is why at almost midnight, I am following her to God knows where. I’d just dealt with a particularly nasty bout of morning sickness — although why they call it that when it lasts all goddamn freaking day, I don’t know — when she knocked on Dante’s bedroom door and told me it was time. “How the hell do you expect to get us out of here without anyone noticing, Joey?” I snap, fueled by irritation and fear as she leads me down a hallway I’ve never seen before. This house is like a goddamn maze. “Dante and Maximo are out tonight. Now is the perfect time.” “But there are guards everywhere,” I remind her. “Not down here though,” she says with a mischievous grin. “I used to sneak out this way all the time when I was in high school. It’s a secret entrance.” “A secret entran