Chapter 30

Tate

I’m lying on my bed, it’s nearly eleven outside. It’s pitch black except for the moon which is half this evening. It’s still absolutely stunning. The only thing that is spoiling it for me, is that Liam still hasn’t contacted me. Denver hasn’t contacted Lilly and we’re both besides ourselves.

The way my stomach is lurching and the nausea I’m feeling, it tells me something bad has gone down. All I can do is wait and wait until Liam does send me a message.

I reach for my book on the bedside cabinet, I’m an avid reader but tonight I open it up and just stare at the pages. So unlike me, especially when it’s the a Colleen Hoover like this one is. Really, I’m not even able to focus on the words, they’re swimming in front of my eyes. Perhaps I ought to swap to an audio book, that might soothe me whilst I wait.

“Hey honey, you asleep yet?” I hear my mother say from the other side of the door. My fairy lights are still on and my bedside lamp, she can see the light no doubt filtering bel