Chapter 282: This Isn't What She Needs Right Now

Jarrod's POV:

Driving away from her is never easy but it's especially hard knowing how vulnerable she must feel after our trip to the police station. The look on her face as she'd prepared herself for going inside has been heart wrenching.

It had looked like she needed more bravery to enter her own home than she'd needed to go to the police station.

It angers me that her friends have made her feel like this. As much as I don't doubt its unintentional, it still p*sses me off.

"You can do it," I tell her instead of what I actually want to say.

I either want to tell her that she doesn't need to go in, she can come home with me or that I'll go in with her. That's what I want to say but I think what she actually needs is some time alone.

Time alone.

It's not something I want to give her but if it's what she needs I'll suffer her absence in silence. She's got a f*ck load to process and I don't want to get in the way of that.

I'm not far away when my phone rings. Concern engulfs me.