Chapter 8 Chapter 10 Chapter 9: The Girl Who Stayed POV: Valeria Cruz I don’t agree with things easily. Not anymore. Not after learning the hard way that people don’t always show you who they are upfront. Sometimes they wait. Sometimes they let you build something in your head. Then they take it apart like

Chapter 31 Main Chapter 32 “Almost ready babe?” Chris calls from our bedroom. I’m currently hiding in our closet, I’ve been dressed and ready for twenty minutes already. He steps into the small space and finds me. “I guess,” I mutter. “I know this is uncomfortable but I think it will be really good for

Chapter 30 Chapter 32 Chapter 31 “Larkin!” Chris shouts at me, my eyes flutter open as we are getting out of the ambulance. There’s a crowd around me and people shouting. I look up at the new faces but I only want to see Chris. “I’m right here, I’m here,” I can hear him call

Chapter 29 Chapter 31 Chapter 30 Panic settles over me as I look around the empty house and Hope. I don’t know how I’m gonna get out of this, I’m so close to my house but I feel so far from them, would they consider looking next door for me? Probably not. Maybe I can