I can't believe it's come to this. I can't believe I didn't see it coming. How could I not have seen this coming?
I cast around for an answer, a way to avoid this. But there isn't one. It's done. Aiden has my sister. And I have to tell my dad. And he'll see the truth on my face—he'll know it's my fault. That she's only in this place because of me. Without me, she never even would have looked at Aiden.
I groan as self-loathing washes through me on a tide of adrenalin.
But through it all, Chase strokes my hair, whispers in my ear, and makes promises I know he can't keep. I cling to him, fighting the tears. But I'm clinging to my hurt and fear as well. He can already sense how I feel. I can't let him understand what it means. For us. For me.
