nda

e meeting bone was the lou

nto the wall. He looked at Jayden with a mask

ve you lost

stop. He grabbed Colton by the lapels of his tuxedo and s

Just look at

dab the scalding soup from my neck. His hands w

you okay?

ed with broken glass and fire. I just nodded, te

t Jayden's chest in a desperate attempt to free

n playing you since she got off the plane! Aminda spent three months rest

ton shouted back, his eyes w

cutting through the noise like a blade of ice. "She lo

netrate his rage. He looked at me-really looked at

e stepped b

g up into a perfect, wounded whine. "They've always hated me. T

ain. The wall went back u

f me, J

y with visceral disgust. "We'r

errifying speed. "Choose the help over your brother. See if I care.

at me one

inda. You're dead

ed. My voice was

lie's hand and stor

left in their wak

red, pacing the room like a caged anim

but I forced the words past m

?" Isaias asked, looking

ead throbbed in time with my heartbeat. "I'm protecting you

d for my

he changes his mind and c

ith you," Jayde

ves here. You have jobs. If you lea

re shaky, but I forced

id. "I need to find who I am wh

to argue, but Isaias put a re

said softly. "This place..

to the airpo

hugged me so hard I thou

k with emotion. "Every day. If you

. The severance. "I'm going to use it. I'm

through

skyline. I didn't look back at

rash can ne

. Three years of memories. Colton learning to stand

Delete

ok out the

ing under my fingers-a sound eerily simi

e pieces int

ht was

und my seat by the wind

liding down my cheek to

r Colton Carlton woul

taxied down the runway, gathering speed. We li

city. Somewhere down there, Colton was cele

hadn't won. He ha