✤ Adrian ✤
I didn’t know what to feel. The moment I had gotten Sera’s message, I had been hit with a relief so sharp and immediate that it had made me a bit dizzy. She wanted to talk. She wanted to see me. She wanted the phones. Every logical part of my brain told me that it meant progress. Resolution. A step forward, instead of this unbearable limbo I had been trapped in for days. And yet, the tone of her message unsettled me.
Cold. Short. Controlled.
That wasn’t like her, and it left a bitter taste in my mouth despite the relief that coursed through my veins. I spent the entire morning pacing around my office. I kept checking my phone even though I knew she had blocked me again. The two phones sat in my desk drawer. I wasn’t sure why I hadn’t thought of it before, but it didn’t matt
