Chapter 93

KRISTEN

It would be somewhere far away.

I don't know where not just here. I would take June out of this pain because her suffering is directly mine.

Everything broke me: June's situation, her tears, Mark's sobs, my life...

"It will be okay," I said in a whisper to myself. "Everything is going to be fine."

I didn't believe it, but giving myself that reassurance made me feel better.

June was still unconscious. I felt relieved a bit because seeing her cry the other time almost made me break.

Mark had not left her side. He didn't stop sobbing.

"Mark," I called softly from the door. "It's okay, this wasn't your fault."

I know I yelled at him that he was supposed to keep her safe, but come to think of it, nobody is paying him to do that.

He looked up, his eyes red and swollen.

"It's okay." I walked to him and laid a hand on his sho