As Daniel read through them, a cold fury began to burn in his chest: Where are you? Why aren’t you answering? I saw your car outside the library. Who were you talking to? You can’t just throw away two years, Emma. You can’t shut me out forever. I know you think this is over, but it isn’t. I’ll find a way to make you listen.
The last message had been sent just fourteen days before the car crash. Daniel searched online and learned that Caleb had recently moved back to Oakridge, taking a job as an apprentice mechanic at an auto repair shop on the south side of town. Driven by a mix of anger and dread, Daniel drove straight back to the cemetery.