Chapter 209

Jadewick. Heavy rain poured down the windows all night, smacking hard against the floor-to-ceiling glass. Nelson Cooper jerked awake in the middle of the storm. He blinked, dazed. Realizing he wasn't falling back asleep anytime soon, he got out of bed and walked over to the window, staring blankly at the glowing skyline. Ever since the divorce from Claire, he'd practically been living at the office. Sometimes he'd crash at the old Cooper house for a couple of nights, but most of the time he drowned himself in work. He'd just dreamed of her again. Claire. Someone he should've already let go of, yet she kept showing up in his dreams like a ghost who refused to leave—haunting, clinging. Why... His eyes followed the raindrops slowly trailing down the glass, while that question echoed like mad in his mind. Why does she keep showing up? He shut his eyes, trying to clear his head by focusing on the sound of the rain outside. Tap tap tap… it poured down steadily. But before he knew it, Nelson'