Chapter 200

#67

We walk in silence for the first few minutes after the gunshot sound or whatever it was. My neck still aches from Emilia’s grip and my head throbs where it hit the ground.

I keep my eyes on the pavement ahead with my phone in my hand and my pride entirely intact, which is the only one of those three things I have full control over right now.

Every step feels heavier than the last. I am embarrassed. I am heartbroken. I am furious that I’m stuck here with the one person I hate most and yet is still the only one who make me feel safe in the middle of all this mess. I am ashamed that I almost died on his porch and he had to pull his own mother off me. I am confused after meeting Emilia. I am beginning to doubt my father. I am exhausted.

And most of all… I am very fucking angry.

“Keep holding your phone that hard and you might crack the screen,” Eli says from beside me.

“I’m getting a ride.”

“You said that four minutes ago.”

“Well, that’s caus