Masuk“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
The weight in my hand suddenly felt unbearable, so I plugged it into my laptop. The file didn’t pop up immediately because it was encrypted, and the password wall was as solid as a vault. Of course it is. I let out a breath as I sat up and cracked my knuckles. Encryption wasn’t exactly foreign terr
AVAI was laying in bed, trying to get back into my normal routine. But I had been staring at the same line for over ten minutes. The words blurred, danced and rearranged themselves into nonsense. Reading used to be effortless, a nightly ritual that wrapped me in its quiet. Now that I wanted to get
KYEI stared at the watch on my wrist… my father’s wrist watch. It had black leather strap, a brushed steel case and the tiniest nick near the twelve where he must have once dropped it while putting it on. It should have felt like something… maybe victory or maybe closure. Instead, it sat there cold
I could be happier that I wasn’t doing this alone. We got to Kye’s place faster than I had expected and he didn’t waste any time. His hands were already on me before I could take a step inside, his mouth crushing against mine and stealing the air from my lungs. I knew just dinner was too good to be







