CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
I was being dumb.
This hit me as we flew over Milwaukee. I was being so beyond dumb. Yes, Kai had said I couldn’t go with him to see my father. But I wasn’t a captive, and I had snuck out of there like I was. Both Brooke and I had. I’d continued to hide, using this friend of Carol’s to take me the rest of the way. Disappearing was a skill I had, but it wasn’t one I needed in this instance.
Maybe?
I didn’t know.
God. Why was this so hard?
“You ready to touch down?” the pilot yelled at me over the system.
“Yes!” I yelled back. I was cold, I had to pee, and I was ready to try to right my world again.
Once we landed, I grabbed my bags and nodded to him. “I need to head to the bathroom.”
He pointed where to go, and because I didn’t really know if he was just Carol’s f
