Are you gonna open it?"
Jaxon's voice cut through the silence, his eyes on the letter in my hand.
I hadn't moved since picking it up, my fingers wrapped around the edges so tightly the paper had started to crumple. My stomach twisted, the sound of my heartbeat loud in my ears.
Lauren Grant. A name I hadn't seen-or wanted to see in years.
"I don't know." The words were barely out of my mouth, my throat parched.
Jaxon let out a sharp puff of air. "Isabel—"
"I just need a second." I turned away from him, my mind a complete mess. Lauren wasn't one to contact people for no reason. If she was reaching out to me now, after all this time, it wasn't good.
The tension in Jaxon was palpable, but he bit his tongue. I felt his gaze on me as I slowly opened the envelope with deliberate care.
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