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Ethan shrugs "Dadover dinner last year that there were probleht buy it, but I never cared enough to ask what happened Why?"

"Curious" Maybe I don’t have anything to be worried about Maybe Dad isn’t responsible for the destruction of Haley’s fah it’s a shred of hope, it falls short within me

"Why?" asks Ethan

"I told you, curious"

"No, why did you decide to live in your car?"

My gut tightens--too much food too fast I slow up "Dad threw me out"

"Not that why," he says "Why didn’t you crash with Jack? Hell, Gavin’s already living there Oneto hurt"

Ifor an answer Why the fk didn’t I go to Jack’s withfor a place to stay? I slae and throw the chicken bone into the garbage "I didn’t need so me how I failed"

"You didn’t fail," says Ethan

"If that’s true, then tell me why I’m here and Rachel’s not"

"Because this is your ho to Haley, home meant a safe, warm place to fall I scan the room as if I’ve never been here before It’s cold It’s unwelcoht he threw ht I shouldn’t be here without Rachel"

I never should have come home All this luxury, all the excess-- I don’t deserve it, especially since Rachel isn’t enjoying a da in that hospital

Ethan lowers his head, and, when he doesn’t say anything, I head into the foyer, then up the winding staircase My footsteps echo as I climb the steps two at a time