Chapter 180

Third-Person POV

The minutes slid by with the ticking of the wall clock, every second throbbing in the quiet hum of the night. Megan lay in bed, working her brain through the day. The exhaustion from training seeped into the bones as the sleep was the furthest thing to come. She had lain in bed for hours, shaking her body about and reverting back to thoughts regarding her conversation with Chris and, more pointedly, an emotional weight that rested on her.

She finally gave up, reaching for her phone to scroll through to the messages that had come through. One of them was from Chris, and all it said was that he was awake and would like them to have a discussion. She immediately felt unsure if she was ready for another late-night argument.

Chris: Hey, Megan. You awake? I sat here thinking about our conversation this afternoon. Want to talk?

Megan took a second before answering. Megan: Yeah, what's wrong?

Within moments, she felt the vibrat