Chapter 20Arlo’s arms ached, prickled. Sitting with them fastened to the car door had been fine at first, but after a while the need to move grew stronger.
“Can’t you unlock these?” He rattled the cuffs. “I won’t do anything, I swear.” How pathetic he was, he hadn’t so much as struggled before obeying Deon.
“Sorry.” To his surprise, Deon looked it. “I promised not to take any chances. He wasn’t happy after last time.”
He. “My father?”
Deon frowned at him. “Yes, your father, I told you.”
He had, but Arlo didn’t believe him. Now he knew his dad couldn’t have stayed with them, just as he had been unable to stay anywhere…until now. He wanted to rub his chest, it was hollow without the presence of Nash. Though Nash was there. He focused inward. Yes, Nash was there, but not close by.
That
