Violet By the fifth day before our so called deadline, I thought I’d have some sort of clarity. When we’d first made that three month deal no strings, no guarantees it felt like protection. A safe little cage around something we didn’t yet understand. But now… Now, every time RayRay kissed me, I wanted to throw the stupid agreement in the trash. And yet, part of me was terrified. Because what if, when the countdown ended, he wanted to leave? What if he remembered everything, remembered someone else, and I was just a temporary comfort? I shook the thought away as I slipped on my coat. "Ready?" RayRay looked up from tying his boots, his dark hair falling into his eyes. "For what?" I gave him an incredulous look. "Don’t tell me you forgot already." He blinked, then straightened. "We’r

