Chapter 122

"I wish I could do more than stay hidden. It seems that I can only hurt myself and wait for you to take care of me. I'm not like that, girl. Being here, alone, has made me regret all the things I thought I was doing the right way. And having too much time to think has made me crazy. "Your fingers walk a blind path through your hair, touching a point above the back of your neck, where there is another new scar on your body. "I'm not useful to you at all, Suzy.”

My dress shirt slips slightly off my shoulders when I jump off the countertop, my legs naked by the short shorts feeling all the cold in the kitchen, and I stop centimeters away from Hunter. He has his head down, but I hold it lightly on his chin, feeling his rough beard scratching my fingers.

"Do you want to do anything else? “I indigo with lightness. "Stop allowing him to leave you like this.”

"It has nothing to do with...”

"It has everything to do with him" I interrupt, repressing the words before the name