The first place I went to was the pack house. I hid in some nearby bushes and tried to convince myself to go in and truly apologize to Sadia. I stayed for an hour but couldn’t bring myself to do it again and for the same reasons as before. I stared at my phone and re read some of our old messaged. Sadia talked about herself a lot, but she cared about me too.
Before I left the castle I took the portal splicer and used it to go to my mother’s house. I teleported to her doorstep and knocked. Mae looked happy to see me. She gave me a hug and it was the most comforting hug I’ve gotten in the past few weeks. “I didn’t think you’d come back so soon; you father usually takes longer than a few weeks.” She pulled away. “You look…”
“Terrible, I know.”