Not many, just essentials. She was moving i

s are getting worse," she stated, fol

hat' s what she called Jake' s

ty Central," I reminded her. We' d talked about it, vaguely

not meeting my eye. "Jake'

s your gaze? She can' t b

He' s manipulat

voice rising. "He was fine before he

e guilt. Jake' s

re in a dumpster behind a bar, which Jake himself probably started. He' d emerged coughing dramatica

ng of his "chronic d

efinitive, of course. But J

arted again, a

ve him. The alternative

ped, Liam. Only you

nt to her love... for you. She' s

me scoff. Keeping J

ad stood by, frozen, while Jake' s friend swung. When it was

Jake? Oh my god

anced at me, clutch

houldn' t have interfered,

She was trying to de-escalat

ory was

w taping up a box lab

to destroy

ted, her voice a dull mo

lying to hersel

nizing charade. We coexisted. Sometimes, I' d catch her looking at me with an expression I couldn' t decipher, a

storm, and everything