When he pulled into the driveway, I couldn’t move. I had convinced myself that Adam could lie for me again. He would say that I fell asleep at his friend’s house, where there were only Academy students at. But I couldn’t bring myself to ask him to do that. I couldn’t owe him any more, not after Mason almost beat him up.
But the problem would still exist.
Mason said there was a seven year limit. She could file charges within the next seven years and have that over our heads long into our adulthood. Then I remembered his other words—she didn’t want to lose me. When an image of the blood flashed in my head, I pushed it away. I couldn’t keep going forward if I remained in the past. This wasn’t then. This was now. Things were different.
And, not really feeling the bravery that I was trying t
