Aleah grabbed her wet hair in one hand and held it on top of her head as she let the already chilling water rinse away the last of the suds from her skin. An involuntary tremor ran through her body. She could feel the goosebumps forming on her skin. But Aleah wasn’t in a hurry to leave the shower.
Stepping out of the bathroom meant facing reality. Aleah wasn’t sure she had it in her to do that tonight. If she remained in the bathroom, she could pretend for a little while longer that everything was okay.
She was just a normal eighteen-year-old girl with big dreams. Taking a shower and washing her hair. Life was nothing out of a nerve-wracking thriller novel. She could sleep and think of boys, or maybe even a certain bodyguard named Kade. She had choices. There was no pending marriage. And
