Chapter 19
10:10 PM, Sunday, June 21st
Cross Creek Apartments
Zanesville, Ohio
She tossed and turned in the bed she’d made up with the blankets that had been in the trunk of her car since she’d spent a couple nights living in it. She hadn’t thought about sheets and towels when she was packing quickly. She wouldn’t have taken any from there anyway. They weren’t hers to take.
Sitting up, she flipped her legs over the side of the bed and turned to stare through the slotted window blind out at the dark parking lot. Tears welled in her eyes and she just let them fall. ‘I’m such a coward she thought. I’m so afraid to lose out on love yet again, I can’t even act like an adult.’
She swiped at her tears.
On the tiny nightstand beside the bed, her cell phone rang. Reaching for it, she saw it
