Love That Wasn't Meant to Last

Chapter 35

Zion said, "The car is parked in the hospital's underground garage. I'll have someone take you both there. Selena, just tell the driver where you want to go and be back by six o'clock. Don't stay out too late, or I'll worry about you."

He handed a new phone to Selena, inputting his number before reluctantly sending her off to the parking garage, watching as we got into the car.

Selena leaned forward to say a few words to the driver. Her voice was too low for me to hear clearly, but I caught bits and pieces-something about a memorial and an old place. Once she finished speaking, the car started, and Zion was left behind.

As we drove away from the hospital, I couldn't help but feel a mix of emotions while watching the building shrink in the distance.

I had thought getting out would be a challenge. It had taken days to even get a chance to call Sylvia, and if that didn't work out, I would have to wait even longer. Yet here, leaving the hospital was as simple as speaking a word to Selena.

If I wanted to return to Carzonia, I just had to wait for the right moment to mention it to her when she was in a good mood and as long as she didn't catch on to my true intentions.

These thoughts lightened my mood considerably.

we headed?"

see soon enough!

largest and most famous

projects, so I had to turn her down. I remembered how she had argued with me over the phone that day,

same projects?" One of the

feeling a bit

Davenport, not Cabot. That guy was just my younger brother," Selena

realizing their mistake, quickly apologized,

at Selena with a complicated

guilty toward me, for her tone softened. "Hud, what do you want to play? Let's do

listened to the screams of thrill-seekers echoing around us. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. "The roller coaster. I've never