☆☆LILA☆☆
If there was one thing I had learned about Rowan, it was that he kept his promises.
Early that morning, the maid came in, placed my phone on the table, and left without a word. No lecture. No warning. Just the phone.
The moment the door shut behind her, I picked it up like it might disappear if I waited too long. My fingers trembled as I unlocked it. 40 missed calls. 55 messages. Of course not. To the outside world, I was probably already dead. I thought about calling Theo but I decided against it.
I walked to the door and turned the handle, half-expecting it to be locked.
It opened.
A laugh burst out of me before I could stop it. Freedom or at least something close to it. I didn’t even bother putting on slippers as I dashed straight toward the front door, already imagining
