Chapter 16

I went to my father’s house.

He’d remarried when I was right to another professor, and they had my held brother 14 yeye ge years, not wanting to disrupt their carefully built life.

But right now, I desperately needed family

They were startled to see me on their doorstep all three ruding around, offering water, firing a plate of fresh fr

glaw

and cheese.

1 fell into a deep sleep on their couch, surrounded by the familiar smell of books and coffee

I slept longer and more peacefully than I had in months.

When I woke, it was evening. They were all reading quietly in the living room–the two professors and ar

brilliant son.

She called my name awkwardly, offering to heat up more. Then she pulled

studied me carefully,

hurting, aren’t

I broke down.

out about Cooper, the accident, two

imploded, one revelation after

time to process the pain before being thrown into the next nightmare, each crisis forcing me to become someone harder, someone

hurting. But what hurt most was remembering

I’d left him in that ravine.

everything without interrupting, his academic’s patience

waiting for my

too obsessed with you. He’ll keep causing problems. So we fight back

him, surprised by this calculating side of my scholarly father.

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