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her head in warning, making her side-step her mother’s hands. Debbie looked at her daughter with a worried expression and held her hands up as a surrender gesture.
    “N-Never mind… let’s go see Markus.” She all but ran past them, not caring if she looked like a lunatic. At this point she was pretty sure she was! Hearing voices! She scorned herself and ignored the glance shared between her parents.
    Wendy knew the way to her brother’s room by heart and held the elevator for her parents to walk through. It was an awkward silence that grew thicker by the minute. Finally their floor came up, making all of them give out a silent breath of relief. Wendy started to feel the excitement she was feeling earlier come back as she drew closer to the room.
    “Hey, Mark!” Her voice chirped, not giving any hint of her anxiety in the background of her mind. By all accounts, everyone knew Wendy got her looks from her father while Markus got his looks from Debbie. He had auburn-colored hair that was pin straight like their mother’s and had her brown eyes. Markus sat up straighter, but started a coughing fit from the exertion from doing so. His family’s eyes saddened until Jim remembered their good news.
    “Hey, little sister. Long time no see,” Markus teased with a weak voice.
    Jim stepped to his side and beamed down at him. “We have the money, son. You can get the surgery!”
    Markus looked thrilled, but cautious. “H-How?”
    It pained Wendy to see him like this. He was always so strong and now he seemed weak and frail. Debbie placed a proud hand on Wendy’s back and pushed her forward. “Seems Wendy here is quite the treasure hunter!”
    Jim then jumped in and told the story. Not the real one, but the one the town will hear. They wouldn’t tell him the truth until he was home. With him drugged up often, they didn’t want it to slip on accident.
    “Way to go, sis! I mean, I know I said I was ready if I had to die… but I didn’t want to.” Wendy felt tears well up in her eyes when she walked over to his side and carefully gave him a hug. “Thank you,” he whispered. She knew then that all this craziness was worth it.
    “I’ll go get the doctor and let him know,” Jim said with a choked up voice. It meant the world to him that his son had a bigger chance to live.
    “So Wendy got any boyfriends I should know about?” Markus teased, but it made his sister give an uneasy laugh, when her mind flashed Vincent’s face.
    “N-Nope! How about you? Any female nurses catch your eyes?” Growing up, Wendy became somewhat of an expert with diverting attention away from her.
    Markus gave a cheeky grin. “There is this one nurse with the biggest bo-”
    Debbie gasped. “Markus Nathaniel! You better say ‘books'!” she reprimanded her freshly turned adult son.
    Markus gave her a sheepish smile. “I think you and I both know I wasn’t going to say books. Love you, mommy!” He gave her the puppy dog look he was so famous for and Wendy knew their mother was a goner.
    Instead, Debbie sighed and turned to Wendy. “Your mind better stays innocent! I don’t care if you just turned seventeen. You two will always be my babies.”
    They all laughed when something of a glimmer caught Wendy’s eyes. She looked at the window and sucked in a breath. The sun was going down, making her hair rise on the back of her neck. She knew, she just knew that he was coming for her.
     
    Tonight.

Chapter 4
     
     
    Wendy
     
    "No, sweetheart, you aren't missing tomorrow too," Jim said to his daughter when she nearly begged to stay at the hospital overnight with her brother. He couldn't understand why she was wanting to stay so badly.
    "Oh, c'mon dad! She has an A+ average, let her live a little," Markus said with an open pout that made Wendy want to roll her eyes at his over exaggeration. Jim pursed his lips and looked to his wife for answers. Debbie sighed and nodded tiredly.
    "I think it's the least we can do, but, Wendy, you better