Chapter 17 Keep Off!

• Eve
• I should have known the day would turn disastrous the moment my alarm refused to ring. By the time I checked the time, I was already running late. I practically jumped out of bed, dragged on the clothes Mia laid out, and rushed downstairs while she scrambled behind me, asking if I had eaten. I hadn’t, obviously. I didn’t even have time to breathe properly.
• I grabbed my bag, snatched my keys, and hurried outside only for my car to start acting like it picked the worst moment possible to betray me. I turned the key once, twice, thrice, and nothing happened. Instead of the roar of an engine, all I got was silence and my own rising panic.