Didn'tpsingeceeceecee's POV
The room felt strangely empty after Brandon left.
I lay there staring at the door long after it clicked shut behind him.
My eyes stayed pinned there.
For some reason, I kept expecting it to open again.
Maybe he would suddenly walk back in and say he changed his mind.
Maybe Chloe would come rushing back too, laughing breathlessly and saying she forgot something stupid like her lipstick or earrings.
Perhaps Ashley would somehow appear and tell me everything was all right.
Maybe all of this would stop feeling like my life was collapsing piece by piece around me.
But none of that happened.
Instead, it was Garrett who returned.
From the look of things, it seemed as if Chloe got back safely into the chaos of the event.
Now I was there with two people, two strange pairs.
Garrett and Elizabeth.
It didn't feel like I was with them at all. It felt as though the room was quiet.
Too quiet.
