A GOOD COMPANY
{Playlist suggestion: "The Best I ever had" by Limi}
~THIRD PERSON POV~
The ride was very quiet, making every blink seem loud. The city was half-awake, with neon signs flashing like sleepy eyes. Chelsea sat in the passenger seat, looking out the window, her reflection pale in the glass. The bruise on her cheek caught the light from the streetlamps—first soft, then bright, then fading as they moved past each light.
Kade gripped the steering wheel tighter than necessary. He wanted to ask what had happened, but she looked like someone who'd been asked too many questions already.
He could feel her tiredness filling the car like a scent....faint, intense, and pudgy.
When she'd called him, she hadn't said much. Just "I'm outside the school premises."
That was all it took. H
