Elliot was standing as straight and as still as a statue at the front gate of Avery's house.

Avery's heart began to pound wildly against her chest!

She rushed back to the side of her bed and picked up her phone to check if Elliot had called or left any text messages.

He did not.

He did not contact her at all that morning.

"When did he arrive?

"Why is he here this early?" she thought.

If she had not noticed him, would he have waited silently out there the entire time?

Avery quickly pulled