Chapter 65

Over the next week, Sel lets me invade her apartment completely. She moves things out of her second bedroom so I can move the pull-out couch in there to sleep on, and empties one of her dressers so I have somewhere to put my clothes. She screens everyone who knocks on the door, though it’s only ever Nico and the food delivery drivers.

She once tried to urge me to go back to The Red Room, even if it was just to monitor the cameras in the office. I refused, spending the night alone in her apartment instead, reliving every moment I ever had with David.

My finger hovers over his name on my phone countless times, but I never press dial.

Time, Harlan said.

He needs time.

The question is, how much time does he need, and what will I do once he’s had enough of it? I had lashed out when I told Harlan