로그인“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 atmosphere was calm and Kye slipped into a chair across from me, murmuring a polite ‘morning’ to my mom. She returned it warmly although the tension in her eyes betrayed her worry. I didn’t look at him and Liam was the one who broke the silence, as usual. “You two ready? If we don’t leave now,
AVAThe roar of the crowd vibrated through my chest as I stood on the bleachers and my palms clutched so tight around the railing that the cold metal pressed grooves into my skin. I had promised myself I wouldn’t look for him. I had told myself over and over again that I was here for Liam, that my
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







