Chapter 85

"How did you get here so fast?" Noelle slumped against Sebastian's chest as she asked. Sebastian held the oil painting in one hand and Noelle in the other. "I'll take you back first, then we'll talk." Noelle spoke with the last bit of reason she could muster. "No, don't take me home. If my mom sees me like this, she'll worry." Now that she was safe, she didn't want Mary to be worried for no reason. Sebastian could easily understand what she was thinking. "Do you want to go to my place?" With no other option, Noelle nodded. "Okay." Sebastian's car was parked under a sycamore tree not far from the Spencer residence. There were no streetlights in that area, so his car was hard to spot. He had actually been waiting there for an hour because he wanted to make sure Noelle returned home safely. At first, when Sebastian saw that she had come back in Conner's car, he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. He never expected things would turn out this way. To him, Conner was nothing