ZARA: failed.
I left the fireworks lawn looking disheveled. Of course Jace never came back. I should’ve known his crazy girlfriend was going to find us. Who knows, maybe she even put a tracker in his phone. I wouldn’t be surprised at this point.
I returned to the apartment with mixed feelings swirling in my chest. I checked my phone again, hopeful… but still no sign of Noah. That made everything worse.
I opened Jace’s text instead:
(I’m sorry about what happened with Amber… will make it up to you.)
I sighed, not even knowing what to reply.
Eventually, I just went to sleep with heaviness weighing on my chest..
Two weeks passed in a blur, and still no response from Noah. No sign of him anywhere.
I even went to the basement a few times, nothing. No access. No movement.
I tried calli
