| LALA | We watched Cata and Leo get out of the SUV before going into the club. I wish Leo wasn’t so overprotective. So, what if it was a strip club? Like I haven’t seen shīt like that before or even worse. I sighed as I crossed my arms. Now I am stuck in this car with Samuel with nothing better to do because they still hadn’t returned my phone. “Can you stop grumbling?” Samuel muttered from beside me as he continued his game of Sudoku on his phone. “Can you all let me live a little?” I snapped back. “Lala.” He sighed before putting his phone away. “Can you not be so reckless? We just want you safe. I never want to bury you like we had to with Mom,” he said sadly. “I’m sorry,” I whispered. “But even without living our lives, we are still in danger. So why not both?” I asked him,

