It would be his chance to find out everything and this time he needed all the answers. “I’ll be there,” he told her. She smiled in response, and for the first time that evening, her face brightened.
He wanted to reach out and hold her again, because she looked so broken, and so alone, and weak. And because he’d missed her. But instead he reached out and stretched his arm, bringing his hand to the back of his neck and feeling the tightness in his muscles.
“I’d better go.”
“Let me check if the coast is clear for you.” He walked out and heard the shower still going strong. Paul had gone to meet his girlfriend—so he knew without a doubt that it was Matt in the shower. He walked back and beckoned Melissa out, then followed closely behind her as he walked her to the door.
“Bye,” she whispered and slipped out into the night. He wasn’t going to let her go that easily and instead, he walked her out.
When he got back a short while later, Noah closed the door and heaved a sigh. She’d told him things, but now he had more questions. Because he wondered what it was that made her come back and do something like break into her ex’s room; something that was so alien to her character.
And what was it that she’d hidden under her clothing?