Chapter 27

• The window creaked as Tapiwa carefully pushed it open. She immediately froze, squeezed her eyes shut, and waited. Nothing. No one came to investigate the sound. She was almost surprised. The sound had been so loud she’d thought for sure someone would come but no one did.
• Still, she held her breath and looked over her shoulder toward the entrance of the living room. The house was dark since everyone had gone to bed over an hour ago. Tapiwa should have been in bed too but after her call with Jadon that wasn’t about to happen.
• Jadon asked to see her and instead of waiting for the next day like normal, sensible people would have done, Tapiwa had given Jadon her address and told him to wait on the street in front of her parent’s house. That was over two hours ago. Jadon had texted her when he parked as instructed and she had told him to wait.