Book 2: Chapter 2

Whispers penetrated the darkness surrounding me and slowly began to increase until I could make out bits and pieces of the conversations going on around me.

“That’s ridiculous, Jordan. You can’t just spring something like that onto her and just expect her to accept it. It’s no wonder she panicked with your fumbling way of handling it,” a voice said right next to my ear. It held a plethora of irritation that even my foggy brain could make out.

I would know that voice anywhere, Mia. She had obviously taken great exception to what Jordan and Jack had done. I knew her well enough that it did not shock me that her mouth had overridden her brain, as it had a habit of doing on a normal basis.

It was to Mia’s house that I had run to at sixteen and had finally managed to get away from my drunken abusive father. At the time I chose Mia’s house based purely on selfish reasons. I knew her parents, I knew they had money and connections and I knew they could protect me. In the e