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The weird thing was? It felt so da out To let my dad take away some of my pain And as I squeezed my eyes shut, I heard a voice in my head, and the words made my insides twist even more

Who was taking away Everly’s pain?

Chapter Twenty-six

Everly

Teeks passed, and my life, such as it was, returned to some kind of norovernht he should check out I even went so far as to send him a practice test and I cc’d his mom as well (I’m sure he loved that one, but whatever)

I did all the things that I thought I needed to do, or at least the things I thought I should do Trevor Lewis ht have hurt me, but that didn’t one to his house Even now, ht of how hisout of his roo

She’d taken one look at me and threw her arms around me like I was hers She’d stroked o sloith Trevor He had issues to work through His brain injury His seizure It was a lot, and he hurt people withoutto

After a few moments I pulled away, and I told her that everyone had stuff to deal with Everyone had scars that didn’t show

She’d askedwith hi honest, and I could tell it wasn’t the answer she’d hoped to hear

That was the last time I saw Mrs Lewis

A few days ago, I’d gotten an email from Trevor, but it was obviously an accident since there wasn’t anything in it No “hello,” no “hey, IAnd yet I couldn’t help but wonder, had he been thinking of me? Did I care? Stupid question, that, because I cared a lot Pathetic, I know

When I was alone at night, huddled beneath the covers, I cared a whole lot I’d cried so many tears over the past feeeks that I swearI mean, if that was possible

Trevor had pretty much broken my heart, and my dad had definitely brokenon it Not that it was a sla Not even close There’d been days when I couldn’t even look at his I didn’t understand Like, how could he love s for souy What mattered was that he’d made a commitment to my mom A promise And he’d broken it

He’d broken it, and he’d been dishonest about the whole thing That right there had me all kinds of twisted up inside To me, honesty equals love and respect So what did that say about my father? What did that say about our family?

I know that love is love I truly believe that I also know that I can go to church and believe in a God who understands that It’s my God and my faith I mean, how could a God pick and choose who he loves? How does that even make sense?