Chapter 17“I’m sorry Wy, I love you, but I won’t put you into danger,” Izzy said, and Wyatt felt his heart shatter. “I gotta leave.”
“Izzy, no!” Wyatt reached for him, but Izzy was already moving, already stumbling toward the door, and Wyatt’s fingers slid through air. He turned to Dad. “Dad!”
Do something, Dad, please.
But Izzy was already out of the room.
“Justin,” Dad said softly.
Justin looked at him, and looked at Wyatt, and then stood up and followed Izzy. Mrs. Rossi went with him. Wyatt expected to hear the front door slam, but he didn’t. He just heard low voices, and then silence. And then, a moment later, the snick of the front door as it closed softly.
It should have been a slam, he thought wildly. It should have been louder and more dramatic than that, when it was his hear
