She'd been giving me that look since I forgave Jace and came back to him after catching him in bed with my cousin.
I didn't have the capacity for it this morning.
I walked past her without a word, down the stairs, through the living room, and out the front door, and I didn't stop moving until the morning air hit my face and the door was closed behind me.
I stood on the front step and dialed Oceans.
It didn't connect.
I tried again. Same thing. It wasn't even ringing — just the flat silence of a line that wasn't receiving calls.
After the fourth call, I knew for a fact that he had left without me.
I flagged down the first taxi that came up the street and gave the driver Oceans' address, and for the entire ride, I kept my phone in my lap and my eyes on the window and told myself that
