~ALLISON’S POV~
It was like watching a bad soap opera unfold in real life.
Ash had everyone in full freak-out mode—his mother pacing back and forth in the living room, clutching her phone like it was a lifeline, while Cara darted up and down the stairs in a haze of confusion.
I folded my arms, leaning against the doorway as I watched the chaos play out. Their dramatics didn’t faze me. Not really.
Ash smashing a mirror in front of everyone? It wasn’t exactly ‘new.’ If you’d lived here long enough, like I had, you’d know this was just part of the Ash rollercoaster.
He was dealing—with what, I didn’t know—but he always seemed to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders.
I wasn’t worried. Not the way they were.
I felt the urge to go upstairs and talk to him, to at lea
