Chapter 17
The rest of the ride to my house was fairly quiet. I was afraid to ask more questions and have Connor shut down on me, and I was pretty certain he was mulling over whatever he’d been talking to Pauley about. When he pulled into my driveway he turned off the car but didn’t get out right away.
“I’m sorry I snapped at you,” he said finally, his eyes focused straight ahead. “My parents weren’t ever really there for me and I don’t like talking about it, or them. Pauley is the only family I really consider myself to have anymore.”
“I shouldn’t have asked,” I told him, feeling more guilty for prying and for telling him how close I was to my family. “It’s not my place.”
“I want to tell you everything about me, Riley. I want you to know all of me, but I’m afraid you’ll run for the hi
