MELISSA
I tried calling Damien, but the line didn’t go through. My heart was beating rapidly in my chest, and I didn’t know what to do.
“You need to calm down Melissa.” My mother’s voice bore into my thoughts.
“I can’t,” I said. “What if something terrible has happened? I need to go.”
My mother held my hands. “Why don’t you wait for more updates and try calling Damien again?”
“I can’t,” I said, freeing myself from my mother’s grip. The only thing going through my mind was the fact that something terrible might have happened to him.
The video displayed a shooting at the station. What if he was the one that got shot?
I briskly walked out of the house, and I could hear Lily’s footsteps behind me. When we arrived at the door, my mother’s voice picked up.
“You need to listen to me, Meli
