*~~Chapter Seventy-Four~~*

{~~Avery Sterling~~}

I left Ryan’s house the next morning. My flu wasn’t gone but I was feeling better, and besides, I couldn’t leech off him when I had a place of my own to stay. He offered to drop me off, but I insisted on taking a taxi. I thanked him, and he told me to expect a call from the precinct about my car. They’d get somebody on it, and keep me updated.

To my surprise, my car wasn’t in the hospital parking lot. I should have gone straight home, but I wanted to take pictures of it before sending it to the tow truck. Logan had just arrived when I had stepped out of the taxi.

Where the fuck is my car? Anger surged to me, and that coupled with my body feeling too hot and yet cold, the last thing I wanted was to be standing out in such cold weather searching for my car. Unbelievable.

“Are you okay?” Logan’s voice made me jump, although I’m not sure why. I saw his car pull into the parking lot, I knew he was there. And yet I’m jumpy.

“Sorry, I can’t find my car. I’m sure it was p