Cold Obligation

In the end, Vance let go of Tessa's hand.

Nolan drove them to the hospital.

Tessa sat in the back seat, staring out the window at the passing scenery, but she could feel Vance's eyes on her the whole time.

She stayed silent, and so did he.

The air in the car was thick with suffocating silence.

Nolan was driving nervously, his hands practically shaking on the wheel, still reeling from the conversat