*LEON*

Time passed, and the longer it stretched without Vicky, the longer it felt. I had watched her leave out the patio doors and looked every so often but hadn’t seen her come back in. Ethan, Aden, and Jonathan continued to discuss the pending stock options when I checked my watch.

8:30 PM.

She shouldn’t have been gone this long. Something inside me was pulling me in that direction, screaming at me to follow her. I politely excused myself from ...