QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
CHASE
My hands are folded behind my head as I stare up at the ceiling.
Moonlight spills through the window, painting silver streaks across the room. Outside, the night is quiet. The kind of quiet that feels heavy. I close my eyes.
Immediately, my mind drifts back to this morning. To Bella standing in the kitchen with a wooden spoon like it had personally offended her, and of her stubborn refusal to accept help.
The sense of stillness that the night air has cast over the room shatters as my phone suddenly rings out. The shrill sound slices through the stillness.
I sharply glance at it, but my expression softens when I see that it's my best friend, Ethan, on the screen.
I smile as I answer on the first ring.
"Hey, buddy."
A scoff comes through the speaker.
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