KADE

I lay in bed after dinner and thought about the first time I set my eyes on Lucian. I remembered being mildly disappointed in myself that, throughout everything that had happened, I hadn’t stopped to think about what he must’ve gone through during the entire ordeal.

He hadn’t crossed my mind once, and I felt ashamed of what I had become due to the circumstances we found ourselves in.

At the same time, I was happy he had come after I dug the hole and hidden the box. He came in a dark blue truck, and it was the sound of the engine revving as the vehicle sped away...