Her words fueled the anger that was already swirling inside of him, but he told himself that he needed to remain calm for his plan to work. He sucked in a deep breath and bit his bottom lip to stop himself from impulsively blurting out something. Instead, he looked up from her hand wrapped around his to meet her eyes.
"I wasn't going to," he responded simply before turning around to leave, leaving both his mother and Elisha alone in the apartment. His heart raced inside his chest as a million questions started to swirl inside his head like a hurricane, the worry eating away at him with each passing second.
Where could Alexandra be?
The sky was darker than usual, grey clouds hung in the air as he ran down the street, his eyes desperately scanning the area as he tried to look for that familiar pair of dark brown eyes he wished he could see. He could barely catch his breath when from the corner of his eyes, he noticed a figure standing at a distance.
