Chapter 102

• Azalea
• The dawn light crept through the blinds, lending a soft warm glow to the hotel room I had been calling home for the last few days. Laying there, on the creaky bed, I reached for my phone. I tapped the chat bubble, and there she was, Sarah, my new friend. I hesitated for a moment, my fingers poised above the digital keyboard.
• Tapping the keys with a nervous energy, the words spilled onto the screen, "Hey Sarah, I need to tell you something important about why I'm here." The message bubble floated up, and within moments, her reply came.