It wasn't the first time Kaden had texted her asking to pick him up from a God-forsaken place, but it probably would be the last. Next month, she was moving to a different city, and then she wouldn't be able to drive him around like she'd done in the past years. She'd lost count of how many times she'd driven him to partiesโsome at locations she wasn't sure were safeโor picked him up completely wasted. At least this time, he sounded somewhat sober; there were no grammar mistakes in his text. Kaden: Hey sis. I fucked up. Please come to the address I'm sending you. Don't tell anyone, especially mom and dad.
Khloe: Fine, I'm leaving now, but be ready when I get there! I don't have time for your bullshit today, Kaden. I've got an appointment in the morning.
She should have plotted the location in before she agreed to pick him up. Not only was it a thirty-minute drive from her place, but it seemed to be in the middle of the fucking woods. But when she eventually got there, she was mistaken. Well, almost. It was in the middle of the woods, but it was a warehouse of sorts; an old, run-down facility. As she got closer, she realized it had to be some sort of nightclubโan illegal one, too, if she were to guess. What the fuck was her little brother doing here? She knew her brother often got himself in trouble, and this time was probably no different, but this didn't look like a place for him. No, this looked more like a place criminals met when they finally got out of prison.
The last thing she wanted was to get out of the car, but when Kaden didn't answer her texts or calls, he left her with little choice. "Damn it," she muttered as she slammed the car door shut. He'd better be ready, or she was going to leave without him. She wasn't about to let him ruin her beauty sleep because of some stupid club.
"Hey! Do you know Kaden? Have you seen him?" she asked a group of people hanging right outside the entrance. They looked her overโalmost as if they recognized herโ before pointing towards the back of the club. "Thanks."
If she didn't find Kaden within the next minute, she was leaving without him. She specifically told him to be ready when she got there, and now he'd gone radio silent. Khloe did not have time for this shit. "Kaden!" she tried to yell over the loud music, her eyes roaming every corner of the room.
Where the fuck was he?
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