Chapter 20: TODD

Twice I'd left her sleeping with Facetime open, and came back to watch her sleep until the sun came up and she didn't have a clue that I'd been gone. That's the only stipulation I made when I went all in with Mancini. No matter what, I have to be there in the evenings for our nightly chats.

He's been pretty good with that stuff so far. In the evenings after class I get my homework out of the way, sometimes here in my dorm, sometimes at the desk Jace had set up for me in his tenth floor office. Then we'd spend a few hours working on whatever Mancini had going on, before it was time to head back here to call her.

It isn't always easy keeping the new me hidden from her, especially after I'd just come from spending hours pouring over some horror that yet another young girl had endured. But I could feel the changes all the same. It's like I'm slowly becoming someone else.

And each time I see her face, each time we talk, I can't help but wonder what all of this have