CHAPTER 41
SANTIAGO
MY SECOND SOUL
I was so certain Marco was going to be here when Callie and I walked through the double doors. This was his second home. If he was not in school, he was here or at home.
Nothing prepared me for the disappointment that met us.
I watched Callie’s face collapse in slow motion, like someone had just pulled the ground from under her feet. Hurt, confusion and that sharp punch of betrayal she wasn’t ready for.
She looked like she was about to break.
“W-what?” She stepped closer. “No. No, that…. that doesn’t make sense.” Her words caught in her throat for a second before they came back. “Marco wouldn’t just… go somewhere without…without saying anything.”
The worker lifted his hands and shrugged his shoulders. “I’m sorry, miss, that’s what he told me. I
