Jaxen POV
After parking, I told Scarlett we’d arrived.
Her eyebrows twitched.
She clearly heard me but continued to keep her eyes shut, acting as if she were asleep.
I observed her briefly for a few seconds, then set the car keys on the table and exited.
I walked over to a trash can some distance away and lit a cigarette.
While I smoked, I glanced back at the car twice.
Scarlett hadn’t moved an inch.
I had to admire her commitment to pretending she was dead to the world.
I couldn’t say whether I believed her explanation.
My mind was often a mess these days, and before going to the Hale estate, I’d actually been at the hospital for some tests.
My understanding of other people and the world around me seemed perfectly normal.
I’d also done well on the assessments.
But whenever
