**Adrain**
My heart became heavy after what she said. The kind that settled after people had said too much or not enough.
I remained exactly where Katherine had left me, staring at the hallway as she walked through the stairs , she must be heading to her room.
“My family is falling apart." Those words echoed in my mind.
When she walked past me earlier, her shoulders had remained straight as always. Her chin had been lifted with the same confidence she wore in every room.
In her eyes...Her eyes had betrayed everything.
For the first time since I met Katherine Blackwood, I had seen someone who wasn't trying to win an argument or prove a point. I had seen someone who was simply exhausted.
I leaned against the wall and exhaled slowly."This wasn't supposed to happen”
When she had offere
