“What the hell are you thinking, Everleigh!?” Auden snarls, but behind the anger that darkens his face is just…complete devastation. Betrayal. Sadness in every line of every feature.
My stomach sinks with guilt – because he loves them, I know he loves them -
But I rally, knowing that I’m right – that I’m out of options. And, as it so often does, my temper leads my response.
“I’m getting the f**k out of here, Auden!” I shout, casting a hand toward the door. “Or at least I was until you f****d everything up!”
“You were going to run!? Again!?”
“Yes!” I shout, bursting into hysterical laughter as I drop my hand, which smacks listlessly to my thigh. It’s hopeless now. f*****g hopeless. “Of course I’m running! Of course I am! Why did you think that I wouldn’t!?”
He stares at me in shock.
