Chapter 105
~ Navine ~
We all drank in silence after that revelation about Hailey being at her apartment with Nathaniel. The atmosphere in the bar room became heavy, oppressive. Like we were attending a wake rather than having drinks together. Like the very mention of Hailey's name with Nathaniel's was one complete obituary talk that required moments of silence for the souls departed.
The silence stretched on. Uncomfortable. Loaded with things none of us were saying. I kept replaying what I'd heard on that phone call — Nathaniel's voice saying he was spending the night, Hailey's lack of protest, the casual domesticity of it all.
Jackson kept drinking. Methodically. Like he was trying to drown something. Yvonne sat rigid in her chair, her expression carefully neutral, but I could see th
