Chapter 14

The week had been uninteresting. Mr. Reeves had apparently gone on a journey, so I was much freer now. I didn’t have to wake up early or anything, and I could do work when I wanted to.

But it never crossed my mind once to tell Chris to come over. It would feel weird, and I wouldn’t be comfortable at all. Plus, Jones was like a monitoring spirit; he was always there. And there was no doubt that he would tell Mr. Reeves about it.

I brought up going over to Chris a couple of times, but he always had an excuse. And I just stopped. I didn’t want to force myself on anyone, no matter that we were in a relationship.

I didn’t want to think of the implications all this had... I didn’t want to think of the fact that despite me trying not to let anyone in, I had lowered my walls for Chris. I didn’t want to think of him making it, so I never trusted anyone in my life again.

I knew I was probably just dragging the inevitable. It was