#Chapter213

His eyes flick up to me as I get to the door and the relief flushes through his face instantly. I almost see him visibly slump too, those green eyes a little red rimmed and intense as he frowns at me with a half-smile and inhales slowly.

“Arry? Arry look up…She’s here. Sophie’s home.” Jake nudges him and what seems like the longest moment as his words register, before Arrick looks up at him and then spins towards me. The sudden shock of relief on his face as he takes a second to convince himself that I am real. I have never seen him in so much pain, and...