LOGINOn her reading table were a few books, I grabbed the stack of sticky notes, and scribbled some words for her, peeled it off and pasted it on her door.When she woke up, she would see it before leaving her room.After that, I leaned forward careful not to wake her then planted a kiss on her cheek bef
I let out a defeated sigh and adjusted my body against the pillow. “I’m leaving…” Liam was on his feet so fast all I saw was a blur. “What? What the fuck does that even mean?” He yelled and I swear that sound almost tore my head split open. I could my heartbeat in my head.I winced at the noise and
KYEHe looked just like me. My father. Not just that but I was the exact copy of him, just a lot younger than what Alexander and Raina have had the displeasure of meeting.I held my phone tightly as I stirred at his picture, as if waiting for the man in it to move and say something, answer my questi
“He’s a good kid, Dom. Give him a break. Sure he made some mistakes…” my mother countered and my nose scrunched from her words. This wouldn’t be the first I’d heard her say that. The way he always spoke for Kye made it seem like she accepted him or something. Somehow she’d forgotten what he had don
AVAIt was official that I now hated hospitals. And all it took to get me to hate it were three trips. And this was Kye’s second one.They’d taken him in an hour ago and there was still no word from anyone about him.His gunshot wound hadn’t even healed yet and he was under the knife again. And all
KYEOf course I chose her. I wasn’t stupid enough to let Dylan touch her because I couldn’t make a decision. But I also didn’t shoot her father. I shot at my uncle instead. And this time I didn’t have to think much about it. All except the risk that the bullet could hit Ava, or that Dylan could mov
AVAI kept pretending that I was fine because it was so much easier than admitting how much I wasn’t. Every morning started the same with me smiling too tightly, answering too quickly and moving too fast like I could outrun the unease that had been crawling under my skin for days. It wasn’t just my
AVALiam snapped, “what do you mean for now?” He demanded, asking the same thing I was sure we were all thinking. The doctor’s expression stayed grim. “Well, like I said he lost a lot of blood,” he replied matter of factly. “And his body was strained because he didn’t get medical attention immediat
Then my eyes drifted back to Ava and she wasn’t looking at me anymore, she was petting to scroll again, pretending not to listen, but I knew she was. “For a lot of reasons,” I said quietly. “But mostly because I couldn’t let things end the way they were.”Liam frowned. “Meaning?”“Meaning,” I conti
KYEEven though it was obvious that Raina wasn’t comfortable with me around, she still spoke up and decided that I wasn’t leaving until I was completely healed. And no one argued, not even her husband. If she had had her way, I wouldn’t have stepped foot in school again either, but Liam and our tea







