Chapter 51 Silence

***Gideon***

I don’t call Hazel into my office because I’m angry.

That alone should tell me something.

I’m standing by the window when she knocks, one hand still on the glass like I expect the city to answer me back. The lobby looks normal again. Too normal. Like nothing happened.

“Come in,” I say.

She steps inside and closes the door behind her without being told. That’s new. Or maybe I just noti