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Then I would let o and allow the other four stages free rein all they wanted

Until then, I would let it build up

If I exploded, I was prepared to face the consequences of what happened

Lyric clenched his hands into fists “Okay,” he ets to be too much, promise you’ll talk to me Or Shaw Anyone I’m worried about you, Vi”

I touched his arm “I’ll be fine,” I promised, but in my heart, I wasn’t a hundred percent sure I believed myself

Chapter 24

Violet

Every year,dinner This year, it was Mom’s turn, and I always helped her cook Aunt Dallas and Shaw caht before, and then a few ofrandom sides as well as drinks

I was so busy that evening, I didn’t have ti the next day Cannon wasn’t hootten in trouble, and his punish break Not that I felt sorry for the asshole I wasn’t in a forgiving ain

According to Shaw, he was lucky to still be breathing because after I’d had to get stitches, hisschool was and had a long “talk” with

her son I didn’t iine she had actually put her hands on him; she wouldn’t physically abuse her child But she had a wickedly sharp tongue that could bring even the thickest-skinned person to tears

I knew fro then going back that night, but he hadn’t told me why The plan had always been for hi so he could be back in tirateful to have a reprieve fro him

Although, seeing him for the first time since he’d shattered me, while our entire fa forward to

By noon, our house was filling up Lyric had cootten in Aunt Layla said he was going to coitated about soo off

With every ring of the doorbell, I became more and more tense