JADE

“Jade!” Olivia cried out when I called her. “You’re still alive.”

I giggled. “I didn’t die. I just went away.”

“Yeah, and then there was radio silence. You didn’t even answer my texts.”

“I was snowed in,” I said.

When Olivia sounded shocked, I laughed. It was the reaction I’d hoped for. I told her what had happened and how things had been going.

“At least Aaron has a satellite connection, so I could still send Hannah my ...