Ezra lay on his bed, tossing a ball up and catching it, his eyes fixed on the ceiling. His mind kept drifting back to the strange girl he had met two days ago. He had just spent a few hours on the court, trying to tire himself out and forget, but it was useless. She was still on his mind. Eventually, he let the ball drop onto the bed and sat up, exhausted from a night of barely any sleep.He had dreamed of Emma over and over, and the dreams lingered even after he woke. Scott kept telling him to call the police, but he couldn’t bring himself to do it. He felt stuck. All he could think about was her smile—annoying, distracting, impossible to forget.A knock on the door pulled him out of his thoughts. “Come in,” he called, and his mother, Josie, stepped inside, holding a plate. Her wavy brown hair framed a youthful face with bangs; you wouldn’t think she had two grown kids. She approached him with a worried look.“It’s Sunday, and you’re not even getting ready for church,” she said. Josie
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