[Ryder]
"Get in," my voice boomed out as I stared back at Jersey.
This was the only way I could corner her into talking. Vanessa was home, and I’d had to spin a quick lie to her about needing to grab something from my office just so I could drive down to Jersey's college. But I didn’t head for the building. I parked at the bus stop I knew she’d use. Two damn hours I’d been here, watching students drift past, feeling my patience fray thread by thread.
And then—just when I thought maybe she’d left without me noticing, here she was.
"Did something happen?" she asked, confusion flickering in her gaze. She glanced past me to the car door I still held open.
"Do as I said, Jersey. Get inside the car." The bite in my tone was sharper than I’d planned, but my nerves were strung too tight to s
