Chapter 23

Mila

I stirred in my bed, eyes bleary. I blinked, then forced my eyelids to open and take in the light streaming through my window.

What’s going on? Am I late for work? Why didn’t my alarm go off?

Realization crashed into me like a runaway train.

I’m off today. I set different alarms…and apparently nobody needed me to come in on my off day for a change.

I checked and double checked my phone, just to be sure there had ...