8. Chris
We walk out of the packhouse and make sure we are not being followed. I look at Troy and Tommy. “Go and make sure the tables get set up for tomorrow. Don’t let anyone know that Lucy is gone. If anyone asks, she went to the bathroom or some other such nonsense.” He nods his head and takes off. Emery looks at me with questions in her eyes. I shrug my shoulders and walk away with a covered plate in my hands. We enter the forest and make our way to the cave. We double back a couple of times to make sure we are not followed. On the last round, Emery kept to the tree tops to make sure no one was following us. ‘Emery, you see everyone.’ She jumps down from the tree. ‘No, we’re good. Let’s get this over with. We don’t need them knowing that she is missing.’
We enter the cave where we ha
