Alex was supposed to leave. He really was. Everything didn’t exactly go as planned, but with Green out of the way and Alex having had gotten the money and information from him, he should have been out of Garden City before sundown. He knew he shouldn’t believe what Green said—they were the musings of a bitter old man anyway. He should’ve been contented with the mere fact that he knew for sure that his parents weren’t recklessly driving that night, but he couldn’t find it in him to get in the car when Brent picked him up. Instead, he found himself sitting at the lobby of Middlemist Red Apartment, waiting. Tee had texted him then to let him know that the land he was about to buy had just been bought and handed over while he was at the hospital, which only added to the stress he felt. But tha
