Another week goes back without a word from Rhys.
I visit Liam everyday at the hospital. Out of guilt. Out of fear for his life. And out of concern.
I don’t see Victor again, but my eyes are always carefully watching all of my sides, waiting for him to pop up and confirm my suspicions. But he doesn’t. Dr. Neil also slowly settles into his usual unbothered self. But my heart doesn’t.
Because how do I explain Rhys absence? My text has gone unanswered. Why would he do it right after he met Evie for the first time if something catastrophic didn’t occur?
Like him getting Liam hit by a car.
As I clean up the table on my shift at diner, a shiver runs through me at the thought. Liam, for however he treated me, did not deserve that. He’s better now and he has been talking, but his voice is f
