Chapter 30

Tea's POV

Our conversation replayed in my mind on the way back to Moon Ridge. Ford and Jesse followed close behind in Ford's sports car, but I'd figured they would and it didn't distract me.

The words that caught my mind were my own.

I'd told Ebony, "I'm happy where I am."

That was the phrase that seemed to play on repeat in my mind.

I'm happy where I am.

I considered it. The words had come out automatically; I hadn't thought of them as a lie.

And if they weren't a lie, were they the truth?

Was I happier in Moon Ridge than I'd been when I lived in the dorms?

I’d been so caught up on being trapped and abducted and whatnot that I hadn’t thought about that.

Thinking back to my life, I remembered the simplicity of going to school, studying, working at the sandwich shop, and then repeating it all. I'd only chatted with Ebony a little every day, and I had no other close friends other than my mom.

That, compared to a life wh