o pull her sleeve o

lash out at Sadie. Without a second thought, he rushed over, p

ff balance, and she stumbled

ainst the table's edge, knocking

the floor. For a few moments, nobody spok

delyn had gone down. He stared at her sprawl

fade away. She tried to push herself up using the edge of the bed, but as her

She switched to her other hand, clutching the table,

g at it, she wiped at the trail of

to brush dirt from her skirt, but the b

es, Madelyn gave her nose a quick, indifferent swip

Noah or Sadie, ignoring t

ched her go, a sly hint of victory flickering in her e

ed away from Sadie and

of the two of them together, to find anywhere she would no

t her dizzy. She grabbed onto the stair ra

silence. His tone was soft and low.

e. Something felt off. Even though Sadie needed h

n slowly. "Even if I'm hurting, do you really think it would matter to y

fered n

from him. She shook her head, said

even as her legs threatened to give out. Tear

fter all those years by his side, if she tol