~BEFORE THE STORM~
AMAYA
The notifications kept coming one after another until the constant beeping became unbearable.
With a sigh, I picked up the phone again.
More messages from Brown. I opened the chat and scrolled past the dozens of unanswered texts until I reached the most recent ones.
Brown: Where have you been, Amaya? I've been looking everywhere for you. I hope my daughter is fine. I need to see you ASAP.
I stared at the message. My daughter. Not our daughter. The wording shouldn't have bothered me, but it did. For a brief moment, my fingers hovered over the keyboard.
A dozen responses rushed through my mind. You didn't care when we disappeared. You didn't care when I begged for your attention. You didn't care when Ariel cried herself to sleep waiting for you. But I deleted
