#Chapter 208: The Meeting

Tessa

I fidgeted in the passenger seat as Gideon pulled into the dive bar’s parking lot. The place looked exactly as I remembered it from my past life—grimy windows with neon beer signs, chipped paint on the exterior, and a crooked sign hanging above the door.

Years ago, I’d spent many nights here trying to drown my sorrows after Maisie disappeared. I figured it would be fitting to meet here—to sh