**TRIGGER WARNING: This chapter contains themes that might not be suitable for all readers. (Previous self-harm attempt.) Please SKIP paragraph THREE or do NOT read if this could trigger you.**
>>-----------♥----------- **Ari’s POV**
After Sia and I arrived home from work earlier, I took a four-hour nap, waking up only because Maddie insisted I come for dinner. Maddie pried during dinner, trying to figure out why Sia and I came home early from work. Sia told her to drop it and that I was having a rough day. My birthday is next week, and I will be turning eighteen, but my birthday also marks the fourth anniversary of my parent's passing. I was only fourteen when the accident happened, leaving me an
