CHAPTER 084

(RAVEN’S POINT OF VIEW}

Never returning to Chicago? Ah. Why would I need his help to reach Chicago when I make the booking myself?

I make them believe I'm never going to leave the hospital, only to steal my dad’s credit card and book the first flight I get my hands on and there I am, on my way back to Chicago.

The first thing I feel when I step out of the airport is the rush of cool air, thick with the smell of fuel, and that faint hint of autumn.

With a jacket and a hoodie over my head with a face cap, I call the first cap that immediately takes me to Ahvi’s home.

Getting there, I knock on the front door a couple of times before it opens to reveal Mrs. Jude looked worse for wear. Her shoulders slumped, eyes half-lidded, and hair escaping its tie in messy strands.

“Hello, Mrs. Judes." I greet her with a smile, that she doesn’t return. She looks at me from head to toe, almost like she doesn't recognize me. I am not ready to introduce myself until she says…

“I thought you were in a com