BONDING
~CHELSEA POV~
{playlist suggestion: Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift}
The simple question opened up a wound I'd tried so hard to keep buried. In the darkness, with a door between us, it felt safer to tell the truth.
"Your father's company laid off three hundred people six years ago. My dad was one of them. We lost our house, had to move to the worst part of town. That's when everything fell apart."
"I didn't know."
"Why would you? You were probably getting fitted for designer clothes while we were shopping at thrift stores."
I expected him to get defensive, maybe walk away. Instead, he was quiet for a long moment.
"You're right," he said finally. "I was sheltered from all of that. My father made sure I never saw the real cost of his business decisions."
"Must be nice, having t
