Thea Lynch suddenly recalled her high school days when class had run late one day, the originally scheduled evening study session extended longer.
Sitting by the window, she kept looking outside, her urgency and unease apparent even to the teacher.
Finally, when class was over, she quickly packed her things and was the first to leave the classroom.
It was completely different from now. Those days, every night she went to see Ian Preston, she would run. She couldn't wait to see him as soon as she left the classroom.
Unlike now, avoiding him at all costs...
Leaving the school gate, she looked around but didn't see his car in their usual spot.
She thought he had left because he hadn't waited for her.
Her heart felt suddenly hollow, indescribably sad.
Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly saw the hazard lights flashing on a car to her right.
She paused for a moment, and, in the next second, the driver's side door was pushed open by someone.
