Jake
The seconds dragged as I stared out at the road where Laura had disappeared, her figure vanishing as she jumped into that car. She didn't wait. After everything we'd been through, she didn't stay, didn't give me the chance to explain, to reassure her that none of this mattered. She had been scared, hurt, and I knew that she must be feeling betrayed, vulnerable. But seeing her run away like that, without a backward glance, it tore into me.
She should have trusted me enough to know that I would never abandon her in a time like this. This was Jackson's doing and we would have gotten through it together…
