Aiden
The bed was empty, and the sheets rumpled where her body had been before I left.
Where the f**k did she go?
She was supposed to stay where I left her. Where I could find her.
When I searched the bathroom and didn't see her, I was about to head to the closet when I saw her at the balcony. The sheets wrapped around her, and arms draped over the railings.
The wind blew her hair, and she pushed it behind her ear.
I loved how she fit in my space. But every moment with her feels like borrowed time, and that s**t pisses me off.
It was her family.
They were the reasons she was thinking of leaving. They were distractions that I needed to erase.
As I reached the doorway, she turned, my gun in her hand.
I stopped on my track.
She smiled faintly, then waved it at me.
"Did you forg
