It had been a dangerous game they'd been playing. Now it was time to pay the piper because the music had not only speeded up but changed its beat. She'd tried to tell Alex everything but still couldn't. So this was the next best thing...actually, the only thing left to do.
"I want out. I can't lie anymore. This is the last job. After this, you and I are done," Cat spoke determinedly.
"You...you want out?" Max scoffed coming into the light from where he'd hidden in the dark woods near Cat's house. "You can't lie anymore? Do you remember the night you came to me begging for my help? What if I'd given you this response, Catrina? What would you have done?"
"How long are you going to lord it over me? I've paid you many times over for helping me catch Cam. But after this-" Cat went on trying to get her point across when she was rudely interrupted.
