Eloise – First Person POV
I couldn’t stop replaying Jadeline’s voice in my head.
It wasn’t even the exact words she’d said, although those were bad enough, it was the way she’d said them. Smooth, almost velvety, but with that undercurrent of something sharper.. The smile she’d worn the whole time hadn’t reached her eyes, and the way she’d lingered on certain words… It was almost like she wanted me to catch something she wasn’t saying out loud.
By the time the sun dipped behind the high-rises that night, my stomach had been in knots for hours. The city lights below my apartment window flickered on one by one, blinking against the violet dusk. My phone sat on the coffee table like a silent accusation. I could’ve called Mike earlier, but I hadn’t. I hadn’t even told him about the meeting u
