Chapter 27 - The only one she needed, Adrian.

Liz Walters felt incredibly liberating as she got out of Larry’s car. Once he drove away, she glanced away, toward the night sky, which was lit up by some stars and the illuminating moon. She felt good that she’d been strong enough to confront Ivan on her own.

She’d felt positively released, finally being able to say what she thought and felt.

But, when she opened the front door, she found the house empty. Adrian was nowhere to be seen and the dinner Ben had made for them, left untouched. Where was Adrian?

“Where are you?” she mumbled, glancing at the clock and seeing it was after ten already. Had she been out for so long?

Adrian had nothing else to do when he’d got back from work today. He’d told her that he’d be spending time with her. She’d wanted to watch a movie and he’d agreed to watch it with her so they’d had everything planned for tonight.

She thought he would be waiting for her, setting everything up for their movie night but she hadn’t expected to find the house empty.

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