Chapter 41

I listen to Zayd sing his own lyrics and I wonder if any of them are true. If they are, then I feel really sorry for him.

Money can’t buy everything.

I must be exhausted because I end up falling asleep on the drive, waking to an empty car. Zayd is nowhere to be seen, and I’m left wondering where the hell I’m supposed to go. The building in front of me is very clearly abandoned with boarded up windows and doors, overgrown brush crowding the pathways.

A knock on the window startles me, and I scream, turning to find Zack waiting for me with his brows drawn together. I open the door, and he helps me out, his hand cool and dry against mine.

“I was wondering where you were when Kaiser sauntered into the party without you.” Zack runs his fingers through his chocolate hair and sighs. “I still don’t understand why you’re hanging out with those guys.”

“They warned me away from you, too, you know,” I tell him, and watch as his eyes darken. “And you’re warning me a