Cammie POV
'So let's make it easier...what's for dinner?' I smiled at Bex who just stared back at me. I shrugged my shoulder and looked around. I saw Macey walking towards me swinging her hips and flicking her hair.
Macey enveloped me in a hug and whispered in my ear 'you are so dead!' As we pulled apart, her eyes glistened mischievously. I'm screwed.
'Macey let's move' Bex said turning away from me and walking towards Zach. Zach stood there emotionless staring at me, he whispered something when Bex came and they both started walking to the car leaving me and Macey.
'Guess you're riding with me' She smiled and steered me in the opposite direction.
'Where are we going?' She looked at me from the corner of her eye.
'Cammie, Cammie, Cammie. Don't you ever learn?' We stopped in front of a black car. Liz was waiting excitedly.
'Cammie!' Her southern accent seems thicker since I last saw her. She pulled me into a bone-crushing hug.
'Nice to see you too Lizzie' we pulled apart as she moved to sit in the back. Macey went to the driver seat and I sat on the passenger side. We drove for exactly 34 seconds before the questions came flying from Liz.
'What happened? Why didn't you come back? Who was that? What agency does he work for? Have you eaten today? Did you hear about Gallagher? Do you want to see a new code I developed?'
'Liz. Enough' Macey said, giving me a sympathetic smile. 'Anyway Cammie, how have you been?'
I thought for a moment. 'I've been better' I add a small smile. It was true. Macey nodded and concentrated on the road. We remained silent until we pulled up outside a little bungalow. The other car was already there, and lights were on in the house.
'Come on, Nick and Grant are cooking' Macey ushered me inside where I was blasted with warmth. Macey led me to a room where Zach, Bex, Grant, Jonas and Nick were sitting whispering, when we came in they stopped talking and stared at me. The tension in the room was building.
'PMS-ing? Really Grant?' He smiled and looked at the others.
'See I told you she would find that funny!' Everyone gave him an eye roll, including me.
'I don't know about you but I'm starving!' MAcey exclaimed wrapping her arms around Nick's neck and kissing him on the cheek.
'We were waiting for the guest of honour' Bex said dryly. Macey and Grant sent her death glares, Zach had a little smirk playing on the corner of his lips.
'Cam?' Jonas asked
'Yes?'
'Can I ask you - can we ask you some questions?'
'Sure.'
Everybody tensed up again. I sat at the end of the table with Macey next to me. Liz and Jonas were opposite and had attached me to a heart rate monitor and a recording device. Nick, Grant, Bex and Zach were sitting at the other end of the table not speaking. They were just staring at me. All eyes and ears on me.
'Ok Cam, ready?' I nodded.
'What happened 18 months ago, after you were shot?' I tensed. I could feel everyone looking at me.
'I fell into the river. I blacked out. The last thing I remember is someone saying Hold on Cammie, You're safe now. Then I woke up in a hospital bed in Miami. The doctors said my name was Cameron Gallagher and that my carer would be in shortly.' I paused shutting my eyes. Macey squeezed my arm in reassurance. I continued. 'I was confused. I waited, then Leo came in and told me that someone important will see me that night and that I should sit tight. He left before telling me anything else. That night I slept and was woken by an ear breaking screach. I woke up and saw…' I stopped. My heart rate had increased drastically whilst I was telling this to them. They were all looking at me except for Bex and Zach. I looked at Zach and focused on his face. 'I saw Catherine.' My voice broke and Zach's head snapped towards me, his eyes locked on mine. His jaw set tense.
'She's dead.' He spat.
I sighed, diverting my gaze back to the table in front of me. He was still staring at me. Burning my skin with his stare.
'In the 18th century, Gillian Gallagher installed further passageways through the mansion allowing more escape routes in case riots broke out or the town of Roseville decided to revolt against Gallagher. These passageways were put out of action during the Great Depression. Catherine discovered them in her 3rd year, using it to escape across Roseville and into the woods. She used in that night; she hoped that you would escape with her, but instead you left with me.' I looked at him again, tears threatening to pour over my eyes, his expression from earlier dropped, and was now replaced with a mixture of hurt, anger and sympathy.
'Is that it?' I whispered.
'Yeah, that's enough.' Liz said unplugging me from the machines.
'Beside's dinner's ready' Nick added, moving towards the plates and cutlery.
'I'm not hungry' I said quickly, jumping up and ran out of the room.
'Cammie' I don't know who said my name but I didn't stay, I ran out of the door and towards to woods opposite. I kept running till I cam to a clearing and sat down on the ground trying to slow my heartbeat down.
'Close your eyes, raise your hands above your head to allow air into your lungs. Take deep breaths as well' Bex came and crouched in front of me smiling. I did what she said, my head started to clear, and my heart rate slowed.
'Thanks' I exhaled. I opened my eyes to see her head tilted to one side, her mouth set in a fin line and her brow furrowed.
'How did you know I was there today?' It was my turn to smile.
'Gallagher Girls always find each other' Her expression softened she stood up and smiled.
'Sisterhood now and forever' she extended her hand out and started to help me up, she let go of my hand and dropped me on the floor.
'OW!' I gave her a deadly glare as she started laughing.
'That was for leaving me 18 months ago!' I smiled as picked myself up.
'I guess I had that coming'
'You think?' The sarcasm was real.
'I'm sorry.'
'Cam I kno-'
'No you don't know. You don't know how bad I felt when I left. How much it hurt that you had to tell my mom and Joe that I was missing. You don't know what It was like killing someone who was aiming a bullet at your head when you were in Maine. You don-'
'You were in Maine'
'Yeah. I killed Jason Scott on the roof.'
'YOU KILLED HIM!'
'Well if I didn't he was going to shoot you.'
'Wow!' She exclaimed. Then chuckled. 'The CIA wanted us to bring him in for questioning about the Circle. We found his body on the roof and thought the Circle had killed him before we could'
'Not exactly. Catherine paired me with him so he could teach me sniper selected his target that British Bitch and aimed at you. I killed him before he could think twice.' We both were silent.
'Thanks Cam.'
'Anytime.' She looped her arm through mine and directed me back to the house.
'Beside's Grant and Nick made tacos!' tonight won't be as bad as I thought.
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