The leather seat cradled Chloe as the car hummed down the quiet roads, the low purr of the engine mixing with the faint hiss of the AC. The cool air brushed her flushed skin, soothing her body but doing nothing for the turmoil inside her. She sat slouched in the backseat, arms crossed, staring out at the blurred cityscape through the tinted window.

It was already late afternoon. Shadows stretched across the streets, long and lean, just like the thoughts in her mind, pulling her deeper and ...