Cole
Brian said he had some things to discuss with me in the office, so I decided it was best we spoke before we retired to bed.
The urgency in his voice showed how serious the matter was in getting to my office. I poured us drinks. I sat on the chair opposite my desk and turned to face Brian, who was sitting on the couch.
"Out with it," I said, and he sighed, his shoulders slumping as if the weight of the world rested upon them.
"I suspect David has your sister and Erin, that is, if he hasn't killed them yet," he said, and I was in shock. His words hung in the air like a dark cloud, suffocating and heavy.
He told me what he had learned from his father. How my sister and Erin wanted to return when they heard what had happened and were intercepted.
I rubbed my temples, feeling the te
