Welsh Road (The Depravity Chronicles) Read Online Free

because
he’s freaking awesome !” Trevor nearly sang.
    Yep, totally
rehearsed ,
Anna thought to herself. “You’re not going anywhere near that school unless you
come clean. What is the real reason you want to see Anish? Does it have
anything to do with the fact that he was missing today?”
    “Are you mad at
him or something?” Trevor asked.
    Anna had to stop
and consider the question. Was she angry at him for not being in the cemetery
with them this morning? They had been planning it for months. During that time
she and Anish had become friends. There wasn’t anything she couldn’t ask him, and
she trusted him implicitly. So why was she nervous?
    “No, I suppose
not,” she answered finally. “I just wish I knew why he wasn’t with us. It’s not
like him.”
    “I’m sure I’ll
find out when we see him,” Simon said, trying to reassure her. “We are staying with
him, after all. We’ll call you when we get there tomorrow morning.”
    “That works,”
Anna said. “Just make sure you call.”
    The boys started
walking toward the basement where Simon had a bedroom. She heard them
whispering excitedly.
    Shit, she thought to
herself. They just totally duped me. Epically.
    “Uh, guys? Wait
one second,” Anna said, not sure yet what she was going to say. They walked
back into the living room.
    “What’s up?”
Trevor said, trying not to act anxious.
    “You would tell
me if something was going on, right?” she asked them.
    “What do you
mean?” Simon asked.
    “I wasn’t just
trying to make Sam feel better when I talked about my nightmares,” she said
solemnly. “I really do have them, and they are most unpleasant. I don’t want to
spend my weekend wondering if you are planning on doing something st…” – she
stopped before finishing, making sure she wasn’t jabbing at them. “Something
dangerous.”
    “We’re not doing
anything stupid, Mom, I promise,” Trevor said.
    “I didn’t say
that,” Anna retorted. “Do you get that I’m scared for you?”
    “Yes, Mom, I get
it,” Trevor said. She knew he was frustrated with her, but he was handling it
maturely.
    “Okay,” she
said. “Can you give me any details at all about why you’re going?”
    “It’s no big
deal, really,” Simon said. “I have a paper I’m working on for my Honors Program
project. I asked Anish to help me and he said that he would.”
    Anna wasn’t sure
whether or not to believe that. She had determined in the last several months
that Simon could stretch the truth with the best of them. But when it counted,
he never lied. At least not about something like this. So Anna decided to
interrogate him in order to determine if Simon was actually writing a paper
that would require Anish’s expertise.
    After Simon
delivered a formidable description, Anna held up her hands in defeat.
“Apparently you have it all figured out,” she said, convinced that at the very
least, the story about the project was true.
    “Well, no, it’s
not all figured out,” Simon responded. “That’s why we need Anish.”
    “We?” Anna
asked. “Why would Trevor need help on your project?”
    “Because I’m
doing something similar, Mom,” Trevor said. “Duh.”
    Simon once again
elbowed Trevor.
    “Ouch, dude!
What was that for?”
    “You don’t say
‘duh’ to your mom when you’re asking her permission to do something.”
    Anna laughed.
“It would do you some good to listen to your brother, here,” she said. Simon
beamed at the mention of being a part of the family, blood relation or not.
    “So we’re
planning on visiting with him tomorrow,” Trevor explained. “Besides, aren’t you
taking Trisha to the mall to go shopping? You’ll be there all day and night.”
    “Ugh, I forgot
about that,” Anna complained. “Well, I suppose it wouldn’t do any harm to talk to Anish.”
    Her apparent
re-approval sent both boys into a masculine happy dance. “Thanks, Mom!” they
both praised.
    “There is,
however, one