Chapter 17

Carter

I reclined in my seat, the office chair going back a few inches. Usually, I'd be bothered about falling back and toppling over, but not today. Today, I had more important things to think of.

I snuck a glance at the calendar in front of me. On one of the days in the month of March, a red pen had been used to strike out the number 16. It was the day the trial had been scheduled for, and coincidentally, it was today.

I was a bag of emotions, each and every one of them struggling to get out to at least gain dominance. I was angry, sad, mad and excited all at once and the fact that I was experiencing all of these emotions because of one individual didn't exactly sit well with me.

Asher.

I still hadn't gotten used to the taste of his name on my lips, and if I was being honest, I wasn't sure I ever could. He had been on my mind for the last couple of days now and at this point, I was sure I was now behaving like Willow. She didn't tell me, but I could bet she had been thinking