Kaelen POV
I watch through the screen as Naomi alights from the car.
The security cameras cover every angle of the park. I sit in my study, the monitors glowing in the dark. My coffee is cold. My shoulder aches.
She has a wide smile on her lips. She says something to the driver – maybe telling him the time to pick her up. He nods at her. She stands, watches, and waves at him as he drives off.
She is free. For two hours.
I hate it. I love it.
She extracts her phone from her purse. She looks around. Then she excitedly calls someone up.
I zoom in. Her lips move. I cannot hear the words, but I know who she is calling.
Mia.
Her best friend. The one who wants her to leave me.
I should be angry. But I am not. I understand.
"She needs this," I tell myself. "She needs to breathe. To reme
