Chapter 12-P4

Marley wanted to sleep, but at the same time felt too restless to do so. Pulling out her trusty Wuthering Heights, she read for a while. The room remained empty. When it was approaching 3:15 pm, she sat up and stretched her body, feeling sore all over and not truly understanding why. Digging around for her phone, she unlocked the screen and quickly pressed on her messages button. Finding Detective Bryan's name, Marley sent him a quick text. Even though it was unorthodox to ask him for an update on a Friday afternoon, she wanted to know if anything was going on with her father. He would've called her with any news, but maybe she wanted to feel reassured that he was being taken care of over there. Marley adored her father once. Old habits die hard. When a text appeared across the top of the screen, it was from Aiden. Aiden Matthews: You ok? He added his number yesterday, not that she had much choice in the matt