Chapter 65

Cyrus

I wished I could say that the days got better as they went by but that would be a complete lie.

To sleep was near impossible. I spent most of my nights awake, sometimes just walking around the house and hoping she’ll magically appear on my front step. Eva disappeared into thin air, it seemed. Nobody had seen her, not after she left the town center that night, at least. Kolton was still searching for her but it didn’t matter how full of shit he was about his own capabilities.

He couldn’t find her.

Some people had started suggesting checking in the rivers and lakes. I punched the man who suggested this out of pure rage and despair. Checking around those areas would imply that Eva died.

I couldn’t handle that. I refused to believe that.

Where else could she have been?

Vivian suggested that she might have just upped and left. A lot about Eva’s character suggested that she was sick and tired of us. Of me. And they believe that she simply left. That was only because they didn’t