He did go to the toilet, so it wasn’t a complete lie, but after the bathroom, he went into the cinema lobby and occupied one of the empty seats instead of returning to the room. He let out a shaky breath.
Max took out his phone to stare at his lock screen. It was him and Alec smiling. They had been in the process of bleaching their hair when this picture was taken, so they both had tinfoil in their hair, and they were both smiling.
“Are you okay?”
Max’s head shot up; he expected to see one of his friends, but it was a man he had never seen before. He had dark skin, and his hair was shaved to the scalp. He was handsome, but the thing that caught Max’s eye was his scar, which started above his left eye and stopped midway through his cheek. Another thing that caught his eye was his gold ta
