Chapter 153 Not As Expected

• We don't talk about Claire till we get home. Or anything else. He didn't even turn on the music for the rest of the ride. We just sat in silence. I spiralled and drained myself worrying, and I guess he got some thinking done or whatever. As he pulls down the road with the farmlands and the cute little houses and finally his cabin, I feel my spirits lift up a little. At least we still have this place as our little sanctuary. Claire can't show up here to ruin it. Or at least I pray so.
• "I will make dinner. What would you like?" Zane says as he offloads the groceries we got from the car.
• "I don't know. Anything." I say, feeling exactly that. I don't have an appetite. Not after the scare of running into Claire of all people at that store of all places. The smile on her face still sends a chill down my spine. I can't wrap my head around it. Zane says I shouldn't let my mind wander too far but there is nothing else I can do but let my thoughts wander.