“Shit, you guys, were stuck,” Nia said.
“What are we going to do?” Eve asked.
“We’ll have to walk back to town. It’s not that far, so it shouldn’t take us too long,” Kinley said.
They all got out of the car and slammed the doors shut.
“Should we lock it?” Lacey asked.
Nia went back, got the keys, and locked it up.
“Does anyone have a pocket for the keys?” Nia asked.
Hannah nodded and held her hand out. “I do. I’m so sorry, girls. This is all my fault.”
“Bullshit,” Sienna said. “We didn’t have to come with you. I thought it was fun, and I think we’ll laugh about this a lot later. Especially after telling the other littles.”
They’d just been walking a few minutes when the girls could see several cars headed their way.
“Oh, shit, that’s Daddy’s car,” Sienna said. “Come on, let’s hide in the ditch.”
Hannah and the others jumped into the ditch and knelt in the tall grass.
“How did they find us?” Eve asked.
“Fuck,” Sienna said. “It’s the necklaces, girls.”
“What necklaces?” Hannah asked.
“Our daddies give us one.” Lacey held hers out for Hannah to see. “It helps them keep track of us. We all forget we have them on.”
“They’re all pretty.” Each of them had its own distinctive design.
“You’ll get one,” Kinley said.
Hannah shook her head. “No, I’ll never have a daddy.”
“Don’t say that,” Lacey said. “You don’t know that.”
“Yeah, I do. I forgot to tell you guys I’m broken inside.”
“What does that mean?” Nia asked.
Sienna hushed them.
They heard the cars screech to a stop and waited.
Chapter Eight
Cullen and Cason were going over some blueprints when Cason’s phone rang.”
“What?” Cason yelled. “Shit. I’ll follow you in my car.”
Cason started rolling up the blueprints frantically.
“What’s going on?” Cullen asked.
“The girls got in a car wreck. Come on. I want to get there as soon as possible.