Jayden's POV
"Okay," I mumbled.
"I'll leave you to rest then," she said with a concerned smile and then stepped out of the room. The door shut in place with a small click.
Sleep did not come easily. It never did when my mind was burdened, but tonight was different. It was not just Diane’s disappearance pressing down on me, it was the suffocating fear that she could have died. That she was possibly gone forever and would not be able to come back to me.
The search had yielded nothing. Not a single sign. As if the ocean had swallowed her whole and refused to spit her out.
I lay on my bed, staring at the ceiling, listening to the soft hum of something somewhere, although I couldn't place where the sound was coming from. Bridget had insisted I rest and had practically dragged me away f
