Chapter68: Chapter 68

Chapter 68: Hunted TOMMY The morning had started so normally that I almost forgot I was living in hiding. Dmitri and Sloane had left for work after making sure I had everything I needed—food in the fridge, their contact numbers programmed into the burner phone, strict instructions to stay inside and keep the doors locked. But they'd also left me with something I'd been wanting for weeks: money to buy a gaming console. "We know you're going stir-crazy in here," Sloane had said, pressing a credit card and some cash into my hands. "The paperwork for school is taking longer than expected, so we figured you could use something to keep your mind occupied." Dmitri had been less enthusiastic about the idea. "You sure he should be going out alone? After everything that happened with Ramon's people—" "It's been weeks," Sloane had interrupted. "The shopping center is public, well-lit, lots of security cameras. He's fifteen, not five. He needs some normalcy." Now, standing in our empty apartment w