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I loved hi shell-shocked, staring at him with eyes that felt wide and too dry I couldn’t even blink

His expression grew alarmed "What is it? Did I hurt you? God, I’m sorry, baby--"

"No" I sed "You didn’t hurt ave avefor it For hi he was and all he did

I wasn’t delusional enough to think anyone was actually perfect perfect But he wasthat I an Mulvaney

I wanted wild and reckless and unorthodox Even if it caer than ue A jock as loyal to a fault and knew more about sacrifice and friendship and responsibility than the likes of Harris would ever know Maybe more than I’d ever known, too

All of this crossed my mind in a flash, and itflickered in his eyes So tender and vulnerable in a way that I’d never seen in hiia, I--"

Whatever he was about to say died abruptly when the door flung open Voices flooded the roohout the rest of the house

I couldn’t identify the source because Logan stepped in front ofme, which was a relief since ht blasted through the rooled to push down an’s body

My stomach dropped to my feet A half-dozen uniforh the open door, I could see that there weredown the hall into other parts of the house

Chapter 19

L-LOGAN? WHAT’S GOING ON?" Why were the cops here?

He looked over his shoulder at ested the air From somewhere in the house a woman screamed Static from a police radio scratched on the air

"Hands in the air!" the officer closest to us boomed, his baton at the ready