Chapter 67
NORA
I pulled into the driveway a little after seven, the morning light fully up now, harsh and unforgiving after a night that had stretched on far longer than I'd planned for, and the second I cut the engine I saw him standing in the doorway, already waiting.
I got out of the car slowly, exhaustion sitting heavy behind my eyes, and walked toward him with my explanation already assembled.
"Where were you," he said, before I'd even reached the door, his voice low and tight.
"Daniel—"
"Don't," he said. "Don't start with something soft. I called your mother at five in the morning. She had no idea what I was talking about. Your phone was off. You were gone for hours, and I want the truth, not whatever version of it you think will calm me down fastest.
I stopped a few feet fro
