Unfinished Business

Hazel

My hand twitches across the mattress.

It's empty.

Hazel isn’t there.

My eyes snap open.

She said she was going to pee. Why wasn't she back?

Cold crawls up my spine.

Did something happen to her. Did she collapse in the bathroom?

I’m out of bed before I even think, heart hammering like it knows something I don’t.

“Hazel. Hazel, Hazel—” I knock once, then shove the bathroom door open.

Nothing.