The next day, Bethany no longer cared whether Sullivan was present or not.
After breakfast, she prepared to go to school. She needed to collect her graduate information and had to go to the school to process it.
She picked up her bag and was about to leave when she noticed several missed calls on her phone, all from Janice. She had silenced her phone last night.
Only now did she learn that her best friend had been in a car accident last night.
Slinging her bag over her shoulder, Bethany walked out of the bedroom, ready to leave. Sullivan happened to be coming out of his bedroom at the same time, and they met in the living room.
Bethany paused, smiling and waving to him. “Morning!”
Sullivan also paused. His hair was messy, and his eyes were bloodshot.
The stubble on his cheeks, grown
