Delaney

"I want to go back home," I told Kai the moment he walked in, balancing a tray of different breakfast dishes on one hand.

"But the search—"

"The search is not going to bring my father back, and you know it." I interrupted. "Take me home." The aroma from the dishes was making it hard for me to resist it, and my mouth was already watering.

He placed the tray on the bedside table, quietly observing me. "Why are you giving up, Del?"

"Because we spent the entire day yesterday looking, searching, and look where that got us...nowhere, no leads, nothing," I argued, not even looking at him as...