Chapter Seven
Kali sat on the other side of the room, her gaze trained on Theo. His chest rose and fell, like nothing in life mattered but that. Her chest felt constricted. Twisted. Weighted. Her breath shook as she relived the moment.
Walking up the street, thoughts on how to get more shifts, how many she would need to qualify for full insurance, her need to move, her need to just do better, vanished, became nothing, as Theo tumbled in front of that car.
She placed her hand on her chest. Pushed. Harder. Harder. If she could touch the spot that ached, make it come alive, maybe it would leave her. She took a deep breath, the muscles in her arm strained with the pressure, yet the knot in the centre of her chest intensified.
She needed sleep.
But she couldn't close her eyes. Couldn't sto
