Chapter Fourteen
She wasn’t sure how long she sat there on the cold concrete, tears streaking her face, her eyes stinging and raw from crying so much. She had cried until tears no longer flowed, and her heart felt like shattered glass, slicing her emotions, and turning her body numb. By the time she finally moved her cramped muscles, the moon was high overhead, and the night turned frigid.
Lost. It was the only word she could come up with that described how she felt. She saw it coming, the inevitable collision of her worlds exploding into feelings of anger and betrayal. She didn’t blame them for their reactions. She deserved it. She just wanted to fix it before either of them discovered her duplicity, to soften the catastrophe that was destined to happen. She played with fire, and now, e
