CHAPTER 126 [ To Be Fully Free ] ~SOPHIE~ A new beginning was easier said than done. It took only a few hours of combing through the internet in search of medical schools with affordable tuition fees, the cost of moving cities, and jobs for someone with only a high school diploma—for me and Elai
CHAPTER 125 [ Hopelessly. Recklessly. Utterly. ] ~TRAVIS~ “Really, Hannah?” I mumbled, standing. I’d condoned her presence enough and I was now making a mental note to myself to install a camera and connect to my phone. That way, I can see when she comes visiting again and I can avoid running into
CHAPTER 124 [ A Loser In Love ] ~TRAVIS~ Sophie’s name, when spoken, invoked a different kind of yearning inside of me. One that I’ve never felt before. But more than that, it brings her face into form especially in moments when I’m trying my hardest to not think about her. Or see her face in the
CHAPTER 123 [ Baby Brother ] ~TRAVIS~ That familiar loneliness wrapped around me almost as soon as I walked into my house. You’d think after coming back here every night, I’d have gotten used to it. But I never do. It was still always so cold, regardless of how high I turned up the heater befor
CHAPTER 122 [ A New Beginning ] ~SOPHIE~ I fully expected Travis’s name to fall out of her lips, but not in the way it did. After all, I thought sleeping around with Travis was enough to make Elaine despise me because it jeopardized her chances at finally escaping her home. I wanted her to esca
CHAPTER 121 [ I Hated You ] ~SOPHIE~ The silence from outside followed me into the house with Elaine. I closed the door behind me but I didn’t immediately step away from it, still overwhelmed by the events of the day. Still heady from the smell of Travis’ cologne. I just stood there and watche
CHAPTER 120 [ Red String Of Fate ] ~SOPHIE~ I must be cursed; sentenced to a lifetime of never getting away from Travis no matter how hard I try. Maybe if I look at our pinky fingers closely enough, I would find that proverbial red string of fate that keeps drawing us together. A few weeks ago,
CHAPTER 119 [ The Abducted Bride ] ~TRAVIS~ Sophie walked briskly, like she couldn’t get out of the station fast enough. Or like she couldn’t get away from me fast enough. It would be easy to catch up to her and fall into the same rhythm beside her but she seemed in desperate need of space. And I
CHAPTER 118 [ Speak Of The Devil ] ~TRAVIS~ Sophie hadn’t arrived at the police station yet but I was more than willing to wait. The policeman who had worked hard to convince me to come along with me to the station was now eyeing me strangely behind his desk. His face didn’t hide much so I cou