Chapter 25
Evan paced around his bedroom, trying to work up the courage to talk to his father. His footsteps echoes around the nearly empty room. He was supposed to be excited. He was supposed to be leaving for college in two days, his first step into his own life. His first steps away from the constant rumble and clash of living with his father.
He’d been daydreaming about this as long as he could remember. Now all he could think about was how empty his life was going to be without Anne.
He sat on his bed, picking up a picture of the two of them at his graduation a few months ago. She’d told him just before she left that she’d already known things were going to fall apart then, but he couldn’t tell from the photo. They were both grinning, he in his blue cap and gown, she in a dark gree
