LEXIE
I spent the rest of the morning avoiding everyone like they had the plague. After Chaos left my room, I stayed upstairs for a long time, sitting on the bed and staring at the wall like it might suddenly grow a brain and give me brilliant escape advice. It didn’t. The wall was useless, just like my current life choices.
Eventually my stomach started complaining loudly enough to drown out my overthinking, so I forced myself to go downstairs.
The bar looked different in daylight. Sunlight streamed through the windows, making the dark wood look less like a villain’s lair and more like a slightly less intimidating dive. Only a few people were around, a couple of older guys drinking coffee at a table and Mia behind the bar wiping glasses.
She looked up when I walked in and gave me a sm
