Chapter 15
The sun climbed higher in the sky outside my window and I watched the light change as morning turned to afternoon.
My phone buzzed a few times with messages but I ignored it. I didn’t want to talk to anyone. I just wanted to disappear.
I was about to stand, ready to go out. That was when I heard the doorbell ring downstairs. My whole body tensed immediately and I listened hard, trying to figure out who it could be.
Marcus?
Nathan’s heavy footsteps crossed the living room and I heard the front door open.
There was a moment of silence and then a woman’s voice drifted up the stairs.
“Nathan! Oh my god, it’s so good to see you.”
The voice was bright and cheerful and vaguely familiar, though I couldn’t immediately place where I had heard it before.
I sat up in bed slowly
