Aleena - POV
I look at my phone constantly, waiting for Brian's message. I get out of bed to grab breakfast, then head back to my room.
"Someone's been crying." I looked up to find Caldwell. Dressed in a black T-shirt and blue jeans, no suit, no acoustic tube earpiece.
"Off duty?" I asked. His blue eyes lingered on my face a beat too long.
"You good?" he asked.
My eyes probably looked swollen from crying. I'd done my best to mask it. Failed, apparently.
"I'm fine." I gave him my best smile. He looked at me for a few seconds, unconvinced.
"No instructions from Jared yet," he said. "Guess my job starts when you leave the house."
I sighed.
"Don't bother. I'm not going anywhere."
His eyebrow c****d upward.
"I'll just rot in here. Like a prisoner." I let out a sharp breath, shook my
