Chapter Seventeen

I didn’t know what was going on between Hunter and Tania. Whether they were still together or they were fighting. But whatever it was, I only knew that at this moment, it was her running after him, trying to calm him down, easing his pain and making him feel better… not me.

I looked up at Chaise slowly. He was looking at the door after Tania. Then he turned to me. “I don’t understand how any girl can keep up with that moron.”

I sighed. “Maybe he wasn’t always like that. Maybe he was just having a rough day.”

Chaise actually laughed. “I think he was having a bad year!”

“Well, Denise already told us what he went through. It’s not easy,” I said. “Trust me. I’ve been there. There are some wounds you don’t recover from.”

Chaise reached for my hand across the table. “Whenever you feel like hell, or if your past comes back haunting you… don&