Chapter 5
The past can haunt us
Ryker
I woke up every day with my family giving me the same expression. Their expressions put me in a foul mood. I sat at breakfast, quieter than usual, moving my food around with my fork. They glanced at each other. I had enough and got up.
I left, heading to school. I didn’t bother to wait for the others. What’s the point?
As I made my way to the parking lot, the guys leaned against Ryder’s car, waiting for me. f**k.
“When you going to stop beating yourself up, brother?” Ryder asked.
“When the past stays in the past,” I countered.
“You worry, Mom and Dad?”
“Why? So they can remind me of what a f**k up I am. No thanks.”
I had a harshness to my tone.
“Ryker, let the past go, man. What happened affected us, too,” Evan said.
“You don’t think I real
