CHAPTER SEVEN
The phone call ended, and Alyssa prayed with all her might that it would ring again. Tears rolled down her pale cheeks. She was terrified, and Jake’s voice had been a lifeline to hold onto, but now, the silence was driving her crazy. Hopefully, no one would need to use the park’s bathroom at this time of the morning, but there were two other empty stalls, so she could stay locked behind the one she was in for now.
Her body wouldn’t stop shaking, and she wrapped her arms around her torso, trying to hold it together. She trusted Jake with her life because he’d saved her once before. If it hadn’t been for him, she never would’ve had this last year with her mother. Instead, she would still have been living with her mom’s friend or someone else. The woman had been nice, but Alys
