When it got to seven a.m., I decided it was pointless trying to sleep. I got up and went for a shower, before getting dressed. Sitting on my bed, wracked with nerves, I glanced at my phone. No messages. I thought Chase might have messaged me, considering he was trapped in the house in the woods. But he didn't. Then I remembered how drunk he was last night and figured he was sleeping off a hangover.

I startled when I heard a tap on the door. Heart pounding, I hoped it was Chase.

"Brie?" Payton called out.

My heart rate slowed back down. "Yeah, come in."

She walked in holding...