~NICO~
I left Elianna at her place and waited just long enough to see the door close behind her before I drove off.
There was no reason to linger. She was safe there, and right now my attention was somewhere else entirely.
She had brought out Cake’s things shortly after. I took what I was given and headed back to the ring without a second thought.
By the time I got there, the building was nearly empty.
That worked for me.
I went straight to her private locker room, and everything inside looked untouched. Her bag was still on the bench, one shoe on the floor, the other halfway inside it. Her towel hung loosely over the chair, and her water bottle was tipped over near the wall.
It looked normal.
Too normal for what had happened a few hours ago. I didn’t stand there long. I moved in a
