“Ready to go?” I looked over at Jax, giving him a weak nod. I was positive though that I, in fact, was not ready at all. Jax was taking me back to Maddie’s so I could smooth things over, and then he said he would drop me off at home. I wasn’t sure what the day held after that. It seemed off, just going back home like my entire world hadn’t just flipped upside down. I felt like something more drastic should happen, but I also didn’t want anything more drastic to happen. I had tried to smooth out my curls as much as I could, but the tangles and knots in them were too hard to manage. I knew that Maddie was going to notice how out of place I looked, but considering what I’d been through, I didn’t think I really cared that much. I did care what Maddie thought— and I didn’t want her to thin

