Chapter 164 Painful

***Gideon***

The bedroom door slams hard enough to shake the hallway walls.

Then the lock clicks.

For a few seconds, nobody says anything.

Max is still standing near the kitchen island staring down the hallway like he just watched his entire future collapse in real time. Preston slowly rubs a hand over his face while I remain exactly where Hazel left me, still staring at the closed door like someh