Chapter 20: Fight or Flight?

Shayla

Shayla folded Hadley's note and then went numb. She didn't say a word, she barely blinked or breathed at this point. She had been so busy wanting revenge for her mother and being with Evan that she forgot the most important person.

She felt like a failure. Hasn't Hadley dealt with enough failures as of late?

She went and sat on Hadley's bed. She gently touched the pillow where his head had last laid. She should be panicking by now, racing to find him, but he was the son of Seth and Kinley Ellis. She wasn't worried about him so much as she was worried about anyone he came in contact with.

She walked back to the kitchen. All eyes were on her.

"Well, I guess I better pack for New York."

Minutes later she was in her closet, tossing out clothes that semi landed in her suitcase. Evan stood in the doorway, arms and legs crossed.

"I know what you are thinking," Shayla said.

"Are you trying to read my mind?" he asked.