CHAPTER 69

DECLAN

As Hazel had been gone for three days, I grew increasingly anxious. I'd tried calling her countless times, each attempt met with the frustrating sound of an unanswered phone. Panic began to gnaw at the edges of my mind, imagining all sorts of terrible scenarios. Had she been in an accident? Was she okay?

Finally, that night, just as I was about to call the authorities, my phone lit up with