With the Enemy (2011)
“Alonso asks, looking really alarmed. I guess crying girls are a little scary. “Did you lose your compass?”
That makes me smile for a second. “I — I thought she was dead,” I say. “Maddie. I couldn’t figure out why they kidnapped her except to lure us into a trap or as a lesson to our parents, and I thought —”
“That’s why you were so tense the other night when Louisa started asking why they’d kidnapped Maddie,” he says.
That surprises me. “You noticed?”
“You hid it well, but I — I felt like there... was something going on.” He nods. “Why didn’t you say something?”
“Because I didn’t know if I was right or it was just another of my crazy theories. And because it would have upset everyone for no reason.”
“You could have told me.”
I am looking up at him and I have that strange feeling again.
“You can always tell me your crazy theories,” he goes on. “It can still be a secret if you share it with one other person. And it will make you feel better.”MoreLess
That makes me smile for a second. “I — I thought she was dead,” I say. “Maddie. I couldn’t figure out why they kidnapped her except to lure us into a trap or as a lesson to our parents, and I thought —”
“That’s why you were so tense the other night when Louisa started asking why they’d kidnapped Maddie,” he says.
That surprises me. “You noticed?”
“You hid it well, but I — I felt like there... was something going on.” He nods. “Why didn’t you say something?”
“Because I didn’t know if I was right or it was just another of my crazy theories. And because it would have upset everyone for no reason.”
“You could have told me.”
I am looking up at him and I have that strange feeling again.
“You can always tell me your crazy theories,” he goes on. “It can still be a secret if you share it with one other person. And it will make you feel better.”MoreLess
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