Chapter 4

By then, I was already in Newlace.

It was only later that Mom told me what happened at the foot of the mountain.

I didn't hear the full story from their own mouths until they came to find me in Newlace.

I didn't look back when I left.

So I never knew that James, the guy who always called me dramatic, would have his voice tremble because he couldn't reach me on the phone.

"She didn't get in the car?" James asked.

"I thought she was right behind you guys," Chris replied.

"I'm asking you again. Did she get in…