splattered into the dirt beneath our feet, so he can’t be in good shape. As we round the corner, I can just make out the shadow of Wyatt’s back as he darts across the road. Audrey is hobbling right behind him, slicing her knife through the air.
In a split second, lights flash around the bend. Tires squeal. A horn blares. It’s a logging truck skidding right at them. My brain barely registers it a second before Wyatt and Audrey splatter across the grill. There are two thuds, and then they disappear beneath the truck before the tires spit them back out onto the pavement like two boneless rag dolls.
“Holy fuck,” Carson and I whisper in unison.
I blink and then blink again. The bodies are still there. Blood smeared across the pavement, spattered with god only knows what. The truck rumbles to a final stop, nearly jackknifing in the middle of the road, and the driver is looking around in his mirrors, freaking the fuck out. But it still doesn’t seem to register in my mind.
I’m looking at the bodies, waiting for them to get up even though it isn’t logical. Audrey and Wyatt are just lying there, so still, it doesn’t even look real. Carson and I are both frozen and wordless too. Seconds pass. Maybe minutes. The driver’s door opens, and his voice filters out into the cool air. He’s on the phone with the police.
“Just hit a couple of people in the middle of the road. I think they’re dead…”
His words send a jolt of adrenaline through my veins, and I look at Carson.
“Did that really just happen?”
He nods with a vacant expression. “I think we need to get the fuck out of here, bro.”
35
Kailani
The news of Audrey’s and Wyatt’s deaths ripples through the school like wildfire. At least, that’s what Courtney tells me via text as I spend the morning with two detectives. I got home from the hospital late last night, and they showed up at my door before I even had a chance to leave for school this morning.
They came here because of the audio recording. They want me to give a statement about the night of the party. I tell them everything, and my mom remains at my side the entire time. She’s spitting mad. I’ve never seen her so fired up. Between questions, she seems to calm, only to get triggered all over again when they ask me something else that I answer in detail. I didn’t want Landon to get dragged into this until I had a chance to talk to him, but I have no choice when they ask me about him. I explain what Alexa told me, what Audrey tried to do to him, and my mom drops an f-bomb. Actually, she calls Audrey a fucking bitch.
I turn to look at her with wide eyes.
“I’m sorry.” She brushes a few pieces of hair behind my ear with a trembling hand. “I just want to wring her neck.”
“Well, she’s already dead, so there’s that,” the detective answers humorlessly. “And so is Wyatt.”
“Good riddance,” my mom snarls. “May they rest in hell.”
Holy moly. She is on fire today. My mother’s Aloha Spirit is strong, but she is fiercely protective when it comes to her family. We look after each other. And I know right now, she’s trying to figure out how to do that after everything that’s happened.
I’m not sure how I feel about all of it myself. There has been so much to process lately. When I heard the news, it didn’t shock me as much as I would have expected. I’m not mourning the loss of Wyatt and Audrey, but it seems a little surreal. They were here yesterday, and now they aren’t. The detective told us it looked like they had one hell of a fight before they ran out into the road. From what they could piece together, it appeared Audrey had stabbed Wyatt, and he had burned her with some type of chemical. Crazy, party of two.
“What will happen with Gavin?” I ask.
“He was taken into custody this morning,” the detective assures me. “We’ll keep you updated on the charges.”
He hands me my statement and goes over it one more time before asking me to sign it. Since Audrey and Wyatt are dead, Gavin is the only one who will be prosecuted. My mom is already asking about going to court, and the detective explains how the whole process works. But first, they have to finish their