CHAPTER 33
TURNED OUT MY meltdown chased the nightmares away. Perhaps I should try it more often? When I woke, dark storm clouds still raged in my mind, but this time there was something else. A c***k of sunlight. While it hadn’t vanquished the shadows, it had lightened the gloom in places, and with that glow came a newfound positivity. I’d spent the last three months running away from things. Now, the time had come to fight.
But before that, I had to speak to Nick. Embarrassed couldn’t begin to describe how I felt. That girl last night, the one overflowing with tears, dramas, emotions—that wasn’t me. How was I supposed to face him?
I lay in bed pondering this as the door clicked open. With all the mess last night, I’d forgotten to lock it.
Nick peered around the edge. “Is it safe?”
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