Chapter Eighteen
My stomach twists in knots as I search frantically for Elise. My heart is pounding too fast, and I feel dizzy from being bent over, looking for any sign of her under the bathroom stalls. I probably look like such a creep, and when Ruby asks me what I’m doing, I lie and tell her I lost an earring.
I don’t even wear earrings anymore. They’d just get torn out on the pitch.
Nausea roils through me, bile climbing up my throat as an image pops into my mind. Elise’s wide-eyed expression staring out the window of the bus, her attention caught on the casino across the street. Bloody fuck.
Rafael ends his speech, and my teammates give him a less-than-thrilled clap before making their way to the tunnel. Chelsea and Letty meet my worried gaze, their lips pinched as they realise the same thing I have.
She’s gone.