Chapter 7

Before I finally left, I stayed a little while longer. I didn't go far.

I stayed in the shadows of the lobby, hidden behind one of the marble columns, watching the entrance through the glass doors.

I wasn't ready to leave the building yet. Maybe part of me needed to see what happened when Andrew came home and found me gone.

After everything that had happened, some part of me wanted to see whether my absence would even matter to him.

A few minutes later, his car pulled up outside.

Andrew stepped out first, then Vanessa followed him.

They walked…