LOGIN“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
“Just tell me what it’ll take for me to do for you to let her go.” I changed the subject fast, hoping it would distract him from that vile thought. He tipped his head up and gave me a look that read he didn’t expect that from me.I took that moment of silence and lowered my eyes to Ava. Her mouth w
My thumb worked fast, my eyes darted from the road, to the phone and then back to the road again. I wouldn’t want to crash into another car before even saving the damsel in distress.“Old Vintage Point Storage…” the message read. I copied the words and skipped over to the maps app and pasted it ther
KYEThe room fell silent. Liam’s words stung deeper than I expected it to. It wasn’t just cutting me off from his family, I could live with that. This was about Ava and expecting me to keep away from her.It was next to impossible with me. But that wasn’t what I needed to be thinking about right no
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







