“Why the hell did he find you?” Jade asked immediately after she heard Kai’s footsteps fade down the hallway.
She had known Elysia since seventh grade. Known Kai just as long too—the quiet boy who used to follow her best friend everywhere without saying much.
At one point, she had even been jealous of him. Jealous that he seemed to take up so much space in Elysia’s world without ever trying.
“I don’t know,” Elysia said, shaking her head slightly.
Even as she said it, it bothered her. The lack of clarity. The gap between what had happened and what she still didn’t understand.
But this didn’t feel like the time to push for answers about Kai.
“I called his old line,” she added with a small frown. “I thought I was calling my emergency contact.”
Jade’s brows pulled together instantly.
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