Julia Locke POV:

I dropped Marcus off at his motel, but I didn’t head home right away. Instead, I just drove around town for a little while to help clear my head.

Tonight, had been … interesting is the best way I can think to put it.

Marcus had seemed susceptible to what I had been trying to show him, and that was encouraging. At the same time, he had actively chosen to stop cooperating with me and resist my attempts to help him understand me, and that was ...