Chapter 85

Chase’s POV

It was a really surreal moment for all of us.

Gray was beside himself with grief.

Prom was a little over twenty four hours away, it used to be what was on everyone’s lips.

I remember him telling me that he was thinking about taking the chance to propose to Lily before everyone, just like I did., before shit hit the roof.

“Hey man.” I called him as soon as I settled in.

I had much explaining to do, to Mrs. Linda and my dad.

Hearing myself say all the words, almost made me cry.

But I had been through worse shit than that in my two decades of living. Nothing could beat holding the body of my mom in my hands as a ten year old.

Mrs. Linda flinched and winced and groaned and cried in all the right places, puncturing my report.

“Thank you,” He said, his voice still sounded very hoarse, I could imagine the effort he put into speaking.

“Where are you now?” I asked him.

It was a little past midnight, I