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"Alright," he says softly "Just don’t let that little girl down If Royal doesn’t coainst the world You’re her family You need to know that"

"I know" I whisper

That’s soirl has just becoiving up until I’m whole

One Month Later

IT’S PAST MIDNIGHT, AND JUST like every other night in this shithole motel I can’t sleep for shit There are so h my head that almost none of it seems to make sense anymore It pisses me the hell off It’s been a wholeht I took off

The thing that seeh, is the look in Avalon’s eyes as I left her in tears, running after hht no one would be able to reach againbut she has She hasto let her keep it as long as I can’t hurt her

I never wanted to have that power over soain: to be able to hurt another or let her down Not like I did Olivia I was doing so fucking good, keeping everyone at a distance, until she walked through that door, knocking ave her the opportunity to seeher the chance to run before it was too latebut she didn’t Instead she did the exact opposite and fell for me

She fell in love with me She told me she wanted me and needed me

Every time I think about it, I tell myself that she has to be just as fucked up as I am to believe she’s in love with me

Time

With time she will see the truth and her eyes will start to open up to the fact that there’s nothing good abouther flowers and plan ro in her ear that she’s my one true love I can’t be what she deserves I’

She just can’t love h time and distance between us for her to see that so I can’t fucking hurt her

Reaching over besideit to hts up