HAZEL
My phone felt heavier than it should have when Laslo finally handed it back.
I turned it over in my hands. The screen was dark. Clean. Like it had been wiped down while they kept it from me.
"Thank you," I said.
Laslo nodded once and turned to leave.
There was no point waiting since he trailed right behind me before I unlocked the screen
Thirty-two missed messages.
My eyes widened, and I felt something in my stomach drop.
I opened the thread from Aldric first.
The earliest message was the one from yesterday. The one I had seen before they took my phone. The one I had not answered because I did not know what to say.
