Amara sat with her hands folded tightly on her lap, staring at the dashboard like it held all the answers in the world. The silence between her and Leo wasn’t peaceful—it was heavy, stuffed with unspoken words and the leftover sting from what happened at school.
Leo’s jaw flexed as he drove, eyes fixed on the road but his thoughts miles away.
When they finally reached the house, he cut the engine and turned to her.
“We’re telling them.”
Amara blinked. “What?”
He met her eyes squarely. “Our parents. Tonight. I’m done hiding. They need to know about us, and I need to make it clear that the whole adoption thing isn’t going to work anymore.”
Her heart dropped. “Leo, no.”
“Why not?” His voice was calm, but the storm behind it was unmistakable. “You saw what happened today. You saw what p
