Chapter 138

**Sloane**

The drive feels too quiet. Even with Roxanne humming softly in the back seat and the guys’ cars trailing behind us, there’s a ringing in my ears that won’t quit, the sound of every thought I’ve ever buried clawing its way back up. I stare out the window, at the neighborhood rolling past, at the too-bright houses and trimmed lawns. Everything looks so painfully normal. And then we turn o