Chapter 169

“Fuck,” he said, running his hands through his hair. “Everything was going so well until Heather turned up. The woman is a fucking one-woman napalm bomb.” “Leave it with me, Barry,” Cassie said. “I’ll see if I can find her. It just doesn’t seem like her to leave Abby like that. Something must have happened.” “Yeah,” he said, “Heather happened.” Becky picked her phone up off the bedside table. She didn’t know how long she’d slept or what time it was, but it was dark and she was hungry. She swiped the screen to check the time and stared at the list of missed calls and text messages. There were too many to count from Barry and she was too heartsore to read any of his messages. There were also quite a few from Cassie. She clicked on the last one. C: Becky, Barry is going out of his mind with worry, please call me. Why would he be worried? She told Heather she was leaving, she left him a note explaining, there was no reason he had to worry. She sent a quick reply: B: Cassie, I’m okay. Stayi