22 Jace
Jace drove around for hours after leaving Leah sitting in her car in their driveway. As soon as he slammed her car in park, he hopped out, jumped in his truck, and peeled out. He didn’t bother taking his stuff in the house or help Leah with hers. He burned rubber off their street, trying to put some immediate distance between them before somebody got hurt.
He and Leah drove the rest of the way back from Detroit in silence. When she got back in the car from the service station, acting as if nothing had happened, so did he. Jace was way too mad to fight with her on the ride back, so he kept his mouth closed, so did she. He was relieved because one more fowl remark would’ve sent Leah to the hospital, and him to jail. She must’ve felt his silent wrath because her lips never parted ex
