Chapter 21

• I look up at her room, painted cream with a large white timber bed. There is a bookshelf and a dressing table, makeup in baskets, and photo frames; it feels very lived in. Fairy lights are strewn around the ceiling and a large reading chair with an ottoman is in the corner. Looks like a dorm room I would have visited back in the day.
• My gaze comes back to Kate and she’s sleeping soundly, her hand still holding mine.
• I find myself smiling as I watch her. What do I do now? I mean, I can’t just leave her here alone. What if something happened?