Chapter 80
- ELEANOR
- I sat on the edge of my bed, staring at the drawer where the phone was hidden. The silence in the mansion pressed down on me like a heavy weight and I hated how quiet it was—how every shift of the wind outside seemed louder than my own heartbeat. I just had this lingering feeling that he was going to call.
- My hands shook as I waited—each second feeling like an eternity—and then it happened. The phone rang.