Chapter 10
Chapter 10 Alan pulled the car into the hotel parking lot, the engine coughing one last time before dying into a heavy silence. The smoked-glass facade reflected the streetlights, and…
Chapter 9
Chapter 9 The next morning, the dull gray light of a low, heavy sky seeped through the thin curtains of Madison’s apartment, casting soft shadows over the stacks of open…
Chapter 8
Chapter 8 Alan and Madison froze on the bench, eyes wide, as if Rebecah’s words had just slapped them across the face. The splash of the fountain suddenly felt deafening—an…
Chapter 7
Chapter 7 They had already been wandering the mall for over an hour, drifting from one store to the next without time ever seeming to drag. And strangely enough, everything…
Chapter 6
Chapter 6 Alan dropped heavily onto the worn-out couch beside Madison, the frayed fabric scratching faintly against his pants. The apartment was drowning in a thick, muffled silence, broken only…
Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Rebecah couldn’t tear her eyes away from the scene, staring as if she were drinking in every tiny shift, every twitch. Madison still had her fingers resting at…
Chapter 4
Chapter 4 Alan’s phone buzzed again on the dashboard, cutting through the steady hum of the road as they headed back toward campus. He slid a groggy glance at the…
Chapter 3
Chapter 3 The shrill driiing of the doorbell sliced straight through the cottony fog of Alan’s apartment. He groaned, eyelids heavy with sleep and regret, his body rebelling against the…
Chapter 2
Chapter 2 The street running alongside Dylan’s house was a cheerful kind of chaos, a living serpent of cars parked half on the sidewalks and half in puddles that mirrored…
Chapter 1
Chapter 1 Alan let out an exasperated sigh as Sean pointed his fork at him, that smug grin plastered on his face. The two of them were hunched over…