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“I’m sorry”
I got to my feet and stumbled to the front door
“You should be” My father’s voice was harsh and shaking throughout the entire exchange I had rendered h in him left to tell me, “Don’t come back, Reeve We were healed, had moved on without you”
They had healed because he was right: it was only ti, toon I had yet to acceptdirt cover Rissa’s casket and soing to be whole
I pulled the door open and burst onto the cru cement stairs that led to the door I tripped a little over my own feet because I ith rejection and disappointment, but hard hands were there to holdme every time I fell these days I didn’t even look up, just leaned into his chest and started crying Titus didn’t ask any questions He just foldedembrace and took me to his car The GTO stood like a beacon of freedom, of justice, in this worn place, and once I was inside it, I completely fell apart The sobs racked my entire body as the motor roared to life and Titus pulled away fro my entire past behind
“Don’t turn your phone off again”
I hiccuped a little at his stern tone and blinked the water out ofThe city was behind us and ere cruising at lightning speed around the Hill and up into the h I was a born and bred city girl, so the closest I got to nature alking across the grass when I was in WITSEC The landscape was dark and i and also beautiful
“I had to If I spoke to you I knew you would talkwith o alone Besides, you didn’t need to hearit on Titus’s handsoain would have killed me
“Roark o after them anyway”
“Heto look at ht I had told hi I could never do Adest fears Turns out I had a reason to be terrified” I leaned lass of theand asked, “How did you find me?”
He snorted and the wheels spun as the gravel turned to dirt, kicking the back end of the powerful car out to the side “I called the feds Though I’ure out where ‘home’ was from the instant you sent the text”
I hu?”
“To the top of the mountain We used to race down the side forstreak when he was sixteen that sort of put everyone off of doing it anymore, but it’s still a nice place to have a quiet minute”
“I don’t know that quiet is good for ht now” I felt cold and nu for me”