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them off? And now, just because he needed Jesse’s help-again- he expected Jesse to come like a well-trained dog.
    “I’m such a jerk,” Anthony said, using his fingers to rake his hair off his face. “Look, you’re right. I haven’t been around much. And then just because I needed help with something. I-” He hesitated but then went on, figuring he owed Jesse the truth. “Yana and I were sort of together for a while, and-”
    “Yana, not Rae?” Jesse interrupted.
    “Yeah, Yana. Rae, you know, Rae’s a friend,” Anthony answered. What was Jesse thinking? “Anyway, I guess I got so into her that I forgot about everything else. So, sorry. Sorry I didn’t call back those times. I should have said that before.”
    “Doesn’t matter,” Jesse said. “But what’s the deal?
    You’re not with Yana anymore?”
    A hot flush rose up the back of Anthony’s neck. “No, turns out Yana only wanted to be with me to piss Rae off.”
    Anthony jammed his hands in his back pockets. “Anyway, I could use your help again, if you’ve got time.”
    “I’m here, right?” Jesse said. He leaned in closer to Anthony. “I was thinking about what you told me on the phone,” he said. “Unclean. I don’t even get what that’s supposed to mean.” He ran a curly fry around and around in the pool of ketchup on Anthony’s plate until it was completely drenched. Anthony had to look away. The ketchup reminded him too much of the dripping red letters on Rae’s locker.
    “I don’t know what it means exactly, either,” Anthony admitted. “But somebody is still after Rae. She thinks she’s safe now because that Steve Mercer guy is dead, but she’s not. We’ve gotta figure out what the deal is.”
    Jesse took another fry off Anthony’s plate and started dragging it through the ketchup. “What about the government guys? They were the ones who were behind the experiments. And they killed Mercer. Maybe they aren’t happy that Rae knows about them.”
    “Maybe,” Anthony answered. “But painting infake blood on a locker doesn’t seem like their style.” He gave a harsh laugh. “Not that I know anything about them. But if you’re this high-tech government agency, painting on a locker seems pretty lame.”
    Jesse raised one eyebrow. “Unless they did it because it wouldn’t seem like their style. Maybe they’re trying to fake Rae out. Make her think that somebody besides them is threatening her.”
    He sounded so excited. Like this was some live action video game or something. Anthony started to point out to Jesse that they were talking about Rae’s life but held back. Jesse knew the stakes. He’d been kidnapped because of his connection to Rae, and even after that he’d never backed off from helping her whenever she needed it.
    Anthony dug his knuckles into his forehead, as if that would help him think. “The government people who killed Mercer could have killed Rae right then. But they didn’t. They wanted to, but that guy Aiden stopped them.”
    “So maybe we should be talking to Aiden,” Jesse said.
    “You’re right.” Anthony shoved himself to his feet. “Even if Aiden confirms that the government agency wasn’t behind the locker thing, maybe he’ll have some idea who else would want to threaten Rae.”
    “So let’s go to the Wilton Center. He could be there right now.” Jesse stood up, too. “I know the basic layout of the place because Rae and I went in there. She found out that they’re still doing experiments on people. Down in the basement.”
    A jolt of acid entered Anthony’s stomach. Jesse had obviously been there for Rae. While Anthony had been sticking his tongue down Yana’s throat. Very nice. Not the time to be thinking about it, he told himself.
    “Jesse, asking a bunch of questions-it might not be exactly healthy, you know. You don’t have to come if-”
    “Just shut up,” Jesse said. He led the way out to the parking lot and over to Anthony’s car. He got inside without