The driver was at the gate and Maxie escort's me out like I was going for an important trip
"Girlllllll, I can smell you from here, you all set" she smiles sheepishly while I just roll my eyes at her
I noticed Marcus didn't answer my greeting but to hell with him
The driver took my bag without asking, he didn't drive me to the penthouse in town. He drove me back to the apartment near that picnic spot where everything had started, the place that still smelled like the first lie I ever told myself about him. The driver helps me to get my things to the door and leaves. I pressed the doorbell gently but there was no reply then I pressed it again. Nothing... Five minutes became a small, impatient drumbeat under my skin.
I pulled out my phone to call him. The screen was a flash of Maxie's last message, then Aec's name, right as I hit call button the door swung open.
There was no one standing there.
