I had been sitting in the driveway for nearly thirty minutes, my car engine purring quietly, the hum filling the oppressive silence around me. Every nerve in my body screamed at me not to move, not to step out, not to face the storm waiting inside. And yet, I knew I couldn’t stay here forever, hiding behind the wheel as if the car could shield me from what was coming. My mother’s single message haunted me, looping endlessly in my mind: “Just come home, Macy.” Three words, simple, deceptively calm, yet they ignited a wildfire of panic and dread inside me. Had they already found out about BARBOOM? Did my mistakes trail behind me like shadows, waiting to consume me?The red wine I’d forced down earlier still lingered stubbornly in my veins, a warm buzz fighting against the icy churn of guilt and fear. Even the scalding shower I had taken an hour ago, long, steamy, desperate, couldn’t wash away the shame, the mistakes, the reckless choices I couldn’t undo. I’d told Addy to call Casper, to
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