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I peeled out as I took to the street.
It was impossible.
Impossible.
I was terrified I was right.
Terrified that I was wrong.
Because how?
How?
Tears blurred my eyes as I flew through Moonlit Ridge. I skidded around a corner, fishtailing as I hit Vista View. But I couldn’t slow. Couldn’t stop to consider that I was being impulsive and rash.
Desperate was what I was.
Desperate in the truest sense of the word.
I came to a screeching stop in front of River’s house, and I jammed at the button on the rearview mirror that lifted the garage. I didn’t bother to pull in. I jumped out and ran inside the empty house, quick to punch in the code for the alarm system.
Silence echoed, and for a moment, I slowed, faltering in the hall, not sure what direction to go. Then I gulped the crash of confusion down, and I ran through the house and bounded upstairs.
I went straight to the end of the hall and tossed open the door to River’s room.
My gaze raved as I looked around.
I made the quick decision and cut through the en suite bathroom to the walk-in closet at the back.
I tore open the door, scanning, unsure of where to start or what I thought I was looking for. Just knowing I had to dosomething.
I went to the row of shirts hung on the racks to the right, and I parted the sections, pushing them back to see if anything was behind them.
My stomach twisted when I came up with nothing.
I kept moving, digging through his things, my movements growing more agitated with every second that passed. I tossed his shoes off the shelves and pulled pants from where they were stacked, toppling everything to the ground as I searched.
I wheezed in a torrent of frustration before I moved to the opposite side of the closet and began doing the same.
Ransacking River’s things.
There were a bunch of boxes on the top shelf that I could barely reach, and I jumped, knocking them free. I ripped off their lids and dumped their contents onto the floor.
One after another.
Nothing.
Nothing.
Frantic, I searched, ripping through everything I could find.
There was a small box at the back of the top shelf that I couldn’t reach, and I used a hanger to drag it free. It toppled off the shelf and onto the floor, and the lid came free when it hit.
The contents spilled out, and for one fleeting second, I froze.
Then I dropped to my knees.
My heart severed down the middle.
