My head is throbbing. Actually scratch that. My entire body is in pain. I try opening my eyes but I can’t. It felt like they were weighed down by stones. I try calling out to Noah, to anyone, but no sound leaves my mouth. I am moving. Or someone is moving me. Every movement jolts me and just makes

Rowan. “How is she doing, Rowan?” Kate, Ava’s mother asks. The concern in her voice is genuine. You can hear how hard she’s trying to stop herself from crying. It’s been a very hard couple of days and I still can’t over how we almost lost Ava. “She woke up yesterday for a few minutes before going

Ethan is seated on her right with a bunch of open cards. Ava is seated slightly upwards. Despite the bandage on her head, and the scratches on her face, she was smiling and it transformed her face. She faces me and the smile slips from her face. “Get out” she demands. I guess she was back to bein

Why the hell was she even here? Who let her in, I wanted her gone. I didn’t want her near me, who knows what she’ll do once I’m a sleep. “I’m not doing anything, just saying things like they are. I hope that gang doesn’t kill you first, I mean, I want you to watch as I take everything away from you

I wake up and find myself alone in bed. I heave a sigh. I just knew that it was all a dream. There was just no way Rowan would have slept with me on my bed. I don’t remember everything after I fell asleep at the hospital. I was pumped so full of drugs that I actually started to imagine things that w