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.

reason. I was not a good

pulled together,

seemed to piece it together. My constant worrying. The timing. Elva’s age.

broke up, Elva

sister,” he said. “Your

I nodded.

looks just like you. So she would also look like

if seeing me for the

in part. The rest I

wrong crowd. She became tangled up in a

her pregnant and alone. She’d broken contact with me a few

asked for

in her voice as she had begged me, “Piper,

said. “I would have

involve you in this. You

you were hurting. I should have been

she was involved in.” I lowered my head, afraid he might see the lingering feelings on

you safe.”

under my chin and gently coaxed me to look at him again. I had thought

angry, but his eyes held only concern.

was keeping you

knew the answer.

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