When Caleb drove by The Rise and Shine near closing time, he parked outside and waited. He'd avoided Megan for days now, except from afar. Seeing her but not talking to her, not touching her, not kissing her—it was a particular kind of torture.
He wanted to tell her about Daniel, but she'd already admitted how much she hated people just like him. How ironic. And she'd hated him for so long. If Caleb weren't so torn up about everything, he'd be amused at the similarities.
Around six o'clock, he waited for Megan to exit the bakery. Fifteen minutes passed, then thirty. Normally she cleaned up and walked home, but ever since she'd been followed, she drove home. He didn't see her car, though.
He did, however, see someone who seemed shifty walking down the block. Caleb's body tensed as he stu
