CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

When I begrudgingly press end call on my phone, tears are welling in my eyes and they blur my vision.

Pushing my car's door open, I walk across the way towards the apartment building where my Beautiful girl lives with her sister.

I climb up the steps to her door and pause to pull my left hand through my hair before knocking three times.

Please let her be here. Let her give me a chance to explain. And I'm immediately disappointed when Luke pulls open the door. A smug grin spreads his face.

“Man you look like shit” I push his shoulder back and focus my eyes on the closed door to Sophia's bedroom in the hallway not even ten feet behind him.

“Shut up, Luke. Is she here?”

Hope fills my voice; I hadn't even realized I was going to end up here.

But now, I’m determined to see her. To see that my girl is okay.

“Asleep now, I think. But Gavin, you need to give her time. She's hurting right now.”

God. I already knew this but having it said aloud caused the pit in my stomach to go deeper.

“Lu