Chapter 31

Avery’s POV

A full week has passed since the meeting with Davis and the inspector, and I have been busy passing through all the stages of grief. At first, it was denial and a refusal to simply accept that I was to be branded a nationwide criminal. The thought of my face being on the news for all of America to see and judge is too much for my mind to process.

Then came the anger and I shared it equally between myself and Gaius. I’m mad at myself for growing feelings for him in the first place. I should have just left him on the floor that day in the casino for the police to incarcerate him. I just had to intervene and ruin everything good in my life by that one decision.

My anger towards Gaius is for him disappearing off the face of the earth when I need him most. One week later, and I still haven’t heard from him. The part of me that doesn’t hold him in contempt is constantly fretting about his safety and hoping he’s okay wherever he is.

Now I’m in th