Aiden’s pov

Sophie rushes over to me, cupping my face in her hands as she inspects. me for injuries.

I didn’t want her to see me like this.

I thought I would be able to sneak back into bed without waking her up.

I wrapped my hands around her wrists. “It’s not my blood baby.” I reassured her again.

“I woke up without you by my side. I was so scared Aiden.” Her eyes blurred. “What did you do? Who’s blood is this? Please tell me you didn’t.”

She shook her head, her voice cracking.

I gripped around her wrists more firmly. “Shh shh. I’m sorry. Don’t cry. Please don’t-

My heart clenched painfully when she starts to sob, tears streaming down her cheeks like a river.

I hated when I’m the cause of those tears.

I want to slam my head on a damn brick for causing them yet again. I promised that I would be the last to ever make her cry. And if I did, those tears would be happy trails on her cheeks.

been a few hours and I have failed to hold up my

did you do Aiden? When your dad came to check up on me, knew something was off. I was going to

her hands off my face only to land her palm on my

told you to not take justice into your own hands! Look at what happened! What if you were in Tenney’s place!? Huh?” She pushed

out for her and grabbed her hands. The fear poured out of

Fuck

the last thing I

Hell.

the opposite I wanted

thought that everything would work out the

of the best in his field. I took the

to him. But I can’t think about that now. It’s not like I could retrace my steps and see what we did wrong. He was already

nothing I could do to bring him back to his

her closer to me. She tries to push me

have lost you tonight Aiden. Do you not think when making decisions on

breaks and my

did this to her.

my face. “Look. I’m not dead. See? I’m still here. Standing before you. I’m

have gone far. We’re surrounded by them and

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