Chapter 58. A Darker Side

Ace pulled away from me as if I’d slapped him. “Car accident?” he demanded. “Why are you asking about that?”

His reaction made me pause. There was fear in his expression…trepidation. It was unexpected and more than a little unsettling.

Ace and I hadn’t talked about the car accident much, despite it being one of the more traumatic experiences of my life.

I’d always got the sense he didn’t like talking about it—that it had been as traumatic for him as it had been for me, no doubt from seeing me in so much pain.

Plus, I didn’t remember any of it, and it’s hard to talk about something you can’t remember.

“Why do you look scared?” I propped myself up on my elbows.

“I’m not… I just…” He shook his head and sat on the edge of the bed. “I just wasn’t expecting you to bring up the car accident.”

“That’s what my nightmare was about.” I pulled myself up and sat down next to him, eyeing him warily. “Does that bother you?”

“You dreamed about the car