The Only Concern

Vance

I dropped my phone the moment I saw the message deliver, my smile still on my face, only for it to fade slowly. Simon was looking at me, sideways, like he was trying to read something off my face that I had no plans of explaining.

"You good, sir?" he asked, starting the engine.

"Drive," I said, because that was easier than answering.

I kept thinking about her laugh, the way her face changed