Nicholas had never met my twin, but I had definitely talked about her when he and I had been dating. I was constantly worried about her, and she would sneak out into my conversations without even meaning

  1. to.

Ever since we were kids, she was getting in trouble. Maybe she was too free–spirited. Maybe she was an adrenaline junkie. I’d never been sure. But she chased danger like she was invincible. It was only a matter

of time before she caught it

Or it caught her.

Under the bright moonlight, I watched the shifts in Nicholas’s expression as he thought it through.

That I had left him to be with someone else had been the most obvious answer for my sudden

departure. He had convinced himself it was true because it made the most sense

But I couldn’t help but wonder if deep down, he doubted.

We had been very much in love for all of our time together. We clicked fast and fell hard. For a long time,

I thought he might be the one.

He knew that. He felt it too.

and leave for such a selfish reason. I was not

brow pulled

it together. My constant worrying. The

Elva

said. “Your

I nodded.

like you. So she would

as if seeing

Brusts. At femid, in part. The rest

tangled up in a series of

broken contact with me a few times but

for

voice as she had begged

Nicholas said. “I would have helped.”

in this. You

and you were hurting. I should have been there for you. I

had a really bright future. You’d never been… tarnished with any of the things she was involved in.” I lowered

you safe.”

index finger under my chin and gently coaxed me to look at him again.

be angry, but his eyes held only concern.

keeping you safe?”

knew the answer. no

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