Chapter 33 Pack of Lies

DRAKE POV "Drake, you stupid fuck," I mutter to myself as Nikki disappears around a bend in the trail, heading back towards that massive Russian psycho. Why did I let her leave?! After so many years of searching, I finally find her, and then I let her go off to…somehow get rid of a crazy dude who s obsessed with her?! What the hell was I thinking?! I wasn t. It s hard to think straight when she s close. And that kiss…. Stop it, Drake. Focus. I start jogging along the trail in the same direction she did. Maybe I can catch her before— "Oi, Drake! Hold up!" a familiar female voice I can t quite place calls behind me. I turn to see Angel and Effie loping down the hill from the performing arts center toward me. Right. Nikki said they were coming. But when and how did she contact them? So many things don t make sense. "She s not here," I begin. They must ve come for her, despite what she said. "She left. This big Russian dude—" &qu