Chapter 5
Atlas
I storm into my office, immediately pacing the length of the wall.
Those green eyes were unmistakable.
I blink and they’re all I can see in my head.
Either I’m hallucinating, or she’s a fucking liar.
I’m leaning more towards the latter. There are too many similarities between the two women for it to be anything other than deception.
FUCK!
I flip my office table before I even realize I did it. At least it wasn’t my desk with the computer monitors on it. Papers and security contracts flutter all over my office floor, but I don’tfeel any better.
My anger still simmers underneath my skin.
I thought I was coping fine with her being gone, with the possibility that she’s dead. This move was supposed to be a fresh start. Is it possible that I’m more fucked up about it than I thought?
Am I finally losing it, or is it really her?
My dreams always feel so real, but my brain has never tricked me while I was awake. I have to get to the bottom of this.
I flop down in my computer chair, pulling up the city CCTV on my computer screen. I need to know my mind isn’t playing tricks on me. I pull up the camera right outside the bookstore, scrolling back to about an hour ago, and watch from there.
After twenty minutes of watching the playback, I pause the video as she comes across the screen. I slow down the frame rate and click play again, watching until I come out of the bookstore and walk right into her. I replay the same five-minute clip on a loop, trying to catch anything I didn’t see the first time. The camera angle doesn’t give anything away, not even a good view of her face. I didn’t notice any cameras inside the coffee shop that could be hacked into; therefore, that wouldn’t be an option.
I pull out my phone and text the only person who’d know how to help me.
Atlas
I think I’m losing it, man.
Gavin
What happened?
Atlas
I bumped into someone on the street
today and everything in my body is
screaming that it was Maizyn.
Gavin
That’s a bad thing? You wanted to find her, right?
Atlas
Of course, I wanted to find her.
That’s not the problem.
Gavin
