Sadie sat at the kitchen table wondering about all that had been happening. She wanted to throw her arms around her sister and kick her at the same time. Sadie wanted to patch things up with Kwest, but sometimes it got kind of awkward. Like now… when he walked out of the bathroom, fresh from a shower, without a shirt. Sadie was about to protest, but the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it," said Kwest.

But when he opened the door, no one was there. He looked down to find a note attached to a dead bouquet of flowers. He picked up the flowers and opened the note.

Jude,

These flowers won't be the only things

that are dead if you don't come back to

me.

Love Always,

Spencer

The silence was deafening as Tommy drove Jude home. Everyone had been calling him selfish lately. Maybe there was some truth to it. He was snapped out of his reverie by the jingling of his phone. His hand brushed Jude's as he grabbed it off of the seat. He saw her flinch.

"Hello?"

"Tommy?"

Tommy recognized Sadie's voice right away, and the shakiness allowed him to deduce that she'd been crying.

"What's wrong?" he demanded.

"A dead bouquet of flowers was delivered to our door with a note threatening Jude's life."

"Is Kwest with you?" he asked.

"Yeah. If you're thinking of coming over here, don't. It's not safe for Jude. Just stay at your apartment. He obviously doesn't know Jude's there, or he would have sent the flowers to your address."

"If he thinks Jude is still at your guys' place, I'll drop her off at my apartment. Spencer doesn't know where I live. She should be safe on her own for a while."

"No! Tommy! Don't you dare leave her alone!"

"Nothing's going to happen to her, Sadie. I promise."

Jude knew whatever Tommy and Sadie were talking about wasn't good. Whenever Tommy was worried, his voice got deeper and he developed a "me against the world" attitude. She could tell by the way he was talking to her sister that he was searching for patience. When he finally got off the phone, he looked at Jude.

"Sadie says someone left dead flowers on the doorstep for you. You should be safe at my apartment since Spencer still thinks you're living at home, but I'm going to run over for a few minutes. Will you be okay?"

Jude didn't want to be left alone, but she didn't want Tommy to think she needed him, either.

"Yeah. I'll be fine."

They pulled up to Tommy's apartment and he walked her inside.

"I'll be back soon," he said. And then he was gone.

Sadie was wrapped in the comfort of Kwest's arms when Tommy arrived.

"Hey, Sadie. Are you alright?"

"Of course she's not alright!" Kwest exploded. "Her sister was just threatened! But don't worry about her, Tommy. I'll take care of her. You need to be taking care of Jude."

"Kwest…." Sadie cautioned. "I'm fine Tommy."

She disentangled herself from Kwest's embrace and marched to the counter. She picked up the note and handed it to Tommy. He stared at it for a minute and then a look of pure terror crossed his face.

What Tommy saw when he looked at the piece of paper scared him half to death. The print only covered half the page. The other half was blank of ink, but there was an indentation, as if someone had scribbled on the page before it while it was still in the spiral. The words that were indented on the page were what scared him: his address. That's when he realized he'd been set up.

Jude was sitting in the living room when she heard a suspicious noise in the kitchen. She closed her eyes and told herself that she was imagining things. She sat silent for several minutes before opening her eyes. When she did, she was greeted by Spencer, wielding a gun and an evil smile.