—Caleb—

I stood in the foyer for a moment, watching Eloise disappear up the stairs.

I had entered this arrangement believing I could handle whatever came with it. Her anger. Her questions. Even her refusal to share a bedroom with me.

And then she disappeared for hours without telling anyone where she was. I had become paranoid, scared that something worse might've happened to her, only to have her walk through that door and act like none of it mattered.

She hadn't even asked why I'd ...