Chapter 102. Grand View

CHARLOTTE

Suddenly, my phone beeped.

I was sure it was the address that she sent.

I sat up and wiped my face, forcing myself to stop crying.

My eyes were swollen, my throat ached, and my head pounded, but I couldn’t let myself spiral again.

I took my phone and found her text.

“Be fast about it.”

I sighed.

I shouldn’t be going there after she cut off that call but it’s still family. I should just know what this is all about.

I needed to call Leo.

He deserved to know why I suddenly had to leave.

I wiped to contacts and scrolled to his name.

My thumb hovered over the call icon for a second before I pressed it.

He picked up almost immediately.

“Miss me already?” His voice was a low, warm rumble, a sound that usually unspooled something deep in my chest.

Now, it just made me want to cry all over again.

I tried to speak, but my throat was too tight. A broken, shaky breath was all that came out.