Chapter 17

“Well, I don’t believe it,” Rosa said loudly, stopping me as she crossed her arms. “It’s not midnight yet and you’re leaving already. Good for you!”

“Yeah, well, I have to get home,” I lied, in a hurry to see if Lance was waiting outside as promised.

“Have a good night,” she called to me over her shoulder, walking toward an examining room.

Hearing his voice in my head—speaking of fucking me—I rushed past the girls at the front desk, through the automatic glass doors, and into the parking lot. I would deal with the consequences later.

Outside, it was dark. Only the light streaming down from the streetlamp hovering over the parking lot made seeing possible, casting eerie shadows over the black pavement. The sound of a lone siren screamed in the distance, but it quickly faded. I jumped at a rustle along the pavement, but took a breath, relieved when I saw that it was only a stray w