Chapter 65
NORA
We drove in separate cars to the new location, a smaller facility two hours further out than the last one, arranged hastily through contacts Adrian clearly trusted enough to call in the middle of the night without hesitation. By the time we had her settled, the sky had already started lightening at the edges, gray creeping into black, and I understood, checking my phone for the first time in hours, that I'd been gone far longer than any thin lie about my mother could reasonably explain.
Three missed calls from Daniel. No messages.
I felt something cold settle into my stomach, staring at the screen in the gray pre-dawn light.
"You need to go," Adrian said, watching my face, understanding immediately what those missed calls actually meant. "Before it gets any worse."
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