Chapter 70: Want To Know A Secret?

But as I fished for the key, I couldn't seem to find it. Panic stirred within my chest as I patted down my pockets again, searching.

“What the heck?!” I groaned when I didn't find it.

My heart sank as the realization hit me – they were gone.

Breathing deeply to calm hoping against hope that I had perhaps dropped the keys somewhere along my shift. But there are no keys around. My car stood silent while rain clouds gathered ominously above. Maybe I left it in the locker room earlier.

With a resigned sigh, I accepted my fate. It's not like I have a key to the shop anyway.

“At least I have a phone to call Percival” I whispered to myself, hoping to find positivity in my afternoon.

Walking home was my only option tonight. I tightened the hood of my jacket around my face as the first droplets of rain began to fall. The rain started as a gentle drizzle, but it turned into a full-fledged storm within moments. The cold raindrops pelted against my skin, soaking me through in sec