Chapter Twenty One

CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

Jesse

My chest is tight to the point that I can't breathe.

It's been that way since the sun finally set, and I keep glancing in the direction of the lake. There is this desperate need within me to be by Taylor's side. I know whatever is bothering me, it has something to do with her. I can't put a finger on it, but every cell in my body is screaming that Taylor is in danger.

And yet here I am, so helpless. 

I don't even know where she is. 

Everyone is so focused on keeping their secrets that nobody is worried about her. This place was the safest place for Taylor, but they just had to send her away. And now, wherever they stashed her, she's not there any longer. It's taken me a few days and some long hours in the library to figure out that all my conversations with Taylor had been real. So when she panicked and left me on the edge of the cliff, that meant she had been in danger.

But now, this feeling, it's somehow worse. It's hard to breathe.