The Day I Went Dark, My Family Broke
The bloodshot look in his eyes was unsettling and almost eerie, and even his body had grown noticeably thinner.
They slept and ate in the car, spending every other waking hour chasing the faintest trace of me.
However, the research facility I was in had top-tier security. There was no way he could ever find me.
Then, a thought struck him. The day I left, I had called him. What if Chloe had answered? She might know something.
The idea sparked a glimmer of light in his hollow eyes. He turned the car toward her rural hometown.
As they neared the village, the winter night offered no streetlamps, only the dim reflection of snow lighting the way. In that pale glow, they spotted a familiar figure—C