LOGIN“It’s not,” I mutter quietly. “Damn right, it’s not,” Dad says. “That girl loves her family with everything she has.” Mom nods sadly. “Your dad is right, honey,” she says gently. “Jen would do anything for her family. She’s worked herself to exhaustion trying to graduate early so she can start bui
I barely sleep at night right now. Every time I close my eyes, I either see Jen crying in that hospital room or imagine her in San Francisco, finally deciding she was done with me for good. By seven in the morning, I have given up pretending sleep is going to happen. The house is quiet as I sit at t
Hours pass in a blur of punishment. By late afternoon, I finally collapse onto the bench near the weights rack, breathing heavily. Sweat is dripping from my jaw as I grab my water bottle and take a long drink. That is when my phone buzzes. I frown immediately when I see the name. Chase. I wince know
GregI wake up to pure silence. Not the comforting kind either. The kind that presses down on my chest and makes the entire house feel hollow. For a few seconds, I stare blankly at the ceiling above me, disoriented from the deep sleep I had crashed into sometime after dawn. My body aches from the fl
“There she is,” Sav says softly while glancing toward me. I smile faintly. “Yeah.” When we finally reach Sav and Chase’s place, I look around curiously while dragging my suitcase inside. The apartment feels warm. Lived in. Comfortable. Sav immediately launches into a dramatic house tour. “This is
I grip the armrest for the first few minutes of ascent until finally— Ding. The seatbelt sign is switched off. The plane has leveled out. And the medication has hit me fully. The tension slowly drains from my body like someone is releasing a valve. My eyelids have become heavier. The engine noise fa
Just the night is young and there's still my league to do their heats and then the final race. My teammates are not racing together; they are competing in their own heats, which I am grateful for. It gives them each a chance to make it to the final and to the podium. It is a dream for all of us to b
Jen gasps and covers her mouth in total shock, “You bought a ring for me?” I nod, “But I don’t understand, Greg, why buy me a ring and plan on having a future with me if you were gonna break up with me anyway?” I can physically see Jen shaking from this unexpected news.“I can’t answer that right no
Jameson quickly wheels me away to our trailer so the boys can finish working on their bikes. “I can’t believe that psycho crazy bitch. How dare she say that we are engaged? I would never do that to Jen. We’re not engaged, are we?” I ask them, as the three of them would know more than I would about m
“Who is the friend you are talking about, whom you’re staying with? Is it anybody we know?” Shit. I can feel myself starting to panic. I look at the guys on the table, then at Jen, then at Andrea, who looks like she could eat me alive with one of her eyebrows raised and lips tilted to one side, then







