ELIJAH
ELIJAH
The silence in the car was suffocating.
Adriana sat beside me, face turned toward the window, lost in her own thoughts. Hazel drove, occasionally glancing at me through the rearview mirror.
Every time I tried to think of something to say, my mind went completely blank.
I wasn’t even sure if I should break the silence
“If you’re going to have an internal crisis, at least try to be subtle about it.”
Hazel’s voice echoed in my head, and when I looked up, she was grinning at me through the mirror.
“Glad my suffering amuses you.”
She actually laughed out loud at that. Adriana glanced over, clearly confused about what was funny.
Right. She didn’t know we were communicating telepathically.
“Just talk to her! Say literally anything! You’re acting like you’ve never spoken t
