Chapter Nineteen
Caleb
I hadn’t wanted to let go of Ella’s hand in the car, but by sheer practicality, it had been necessary to start my truck. She was quiet as I drove through the falling darkness, my hand resting on her thigh with our pinkies hooked together.
Nothing could’ve stopped me from coming to pick her up tonight. Another run of messages from Lance had fired me up. I was furious with him, annoyed with the delays in getting him charged, or whatever the f**k they were going to do. As far as my feelings for Ella though, the more I worried about her and the effect it had on her, the more my heart twisted sharply with the knowledge of how much she meant to me and always had.
I’d boxed my feelings away for her because I’d thought I had no other choice. Now she was back, here to sta
