Date = 26 December In just 24 hours the earth has shifted again. Right side up this time. Place = San Francisco (on the road) POV – Damion WARNING – s*x scene!!! Uncle John is already in the kitchen when we come down, the old kettle rattling like it’s clearing its throat before a sermon. Morning light slants through the lace curtains, turning the floating dust into gold glitter. The house smells like roasted coffee beans and fried bacon and something warm and safe — the kind of smell that makes you want to stay forever. “Are you sure you don’t want to spend another day?” he asks, not looking at me, but handing me a mug heavy with dark coffee and too much cream. The cup warms my palms. The guilt warms my chest. Here, there’s no privacy … I share a room … and a bed … with Logan. “I

