Chapter 24 Calm After The Storm

• Bonnie POV
• I was sitting in the car, fingers drumming restlessly on the steering wheel as I waited for Gabriel to get Brad inside. The silence in the vehicle was a balm compared to the chaos of the party, the thumping music and shouts still echoing in my ears like a fading ghost.
• But my mind wouldn’t shut off—it spun in circles, replaying every second of that night. The smell of gasoline and old leather from the seats mingled with the faint trace of Gabriel’s cologne lingering in the air, but even that couldn’t pull me out of the whirlwind of thoughts.