Chapter 15
Tara stood frozen in her room, staring down at her phone, re-reading the text Elias had just sent. She could hear Carol calling her name and knew she should respond, but her brain had temporarily shut down and was going to need a minute or fifty to come back online. How was she supposed to respond to that? How was any eighteen-year-old girl who’d met a guy a week ago supposed to respond to a text like that from aforementioned guy? She was pretty sure a restraining order would be the wisest course of action. But though the words were intense, she didn’t feel like she was an obsession to him, well, at least no more than he was an obsession to her.
“Are you all right?” Carol’s concerned voice came from behind her.
Tara turned around and plastered on a smile that she hoped looked
