Chapter 16

Throughout their remaining shift together, Lana noticed how Ray was moving around constantly. He never stayed inside the station for too long, especially when Lana was there. She did not want to overthink the situation but it was hard for her not to do so when Ray was making it obvious that he was avoiding her. He would not even look at her general direction.

Lana pondered on whether he was mad at her or if he thought she was mad at him. Either way, she knew she had to do something to fix the suffocating air that was slowly creeping on to them.

“Your shift’s nearly over right? You should go and pack up.” Hannah suddenly mentioned.

Lana glanced at the wall clock, it was nearly midnight. She then looked around the station, not even a bit surprised when she did not spot Ray. “Do you know where Ray went?” Lana asked Hannah.

Hannah shrugged. “Last I saw, he was outside talking to Jack.”

“Right…” Lana muttered as she went to pack her belongings from her locke