The drive back from Lake Ridge was long and quiet. Adrian kept one hand on the steering wheel and the other on his phone, his thumb typing across the screen every few minutes. He didn't offer a single word about the weekend or the drive. The car finally pulled up to the curb of the university dorms.
"I have a meeting at the firm," Adrian said, staring straight ahead through the windshield. He couldn’t even help move her bag. "I’ll call you tomorrow. Don't look so miserable, Lucy. It was an expensive weekend."
"Goodbye, Adrian," Lucy said quietly.
She climbed out of the car and dragged her suitcase onto the sidewalk. She didn't wait to watch him drive away. As the car disappeared down the street, she finally felt free. She dragged her bag up to her room, found it empty of Zoe, and immed
