~RYDER~
Her voice wouldn’t stop replaying in my head.
I never loved you… I’m back where I belong… with Marcus.
The words cut deeper than any blade ever could.
I sat in the garage, surrounded by bikes, engines, tools... the smell of grease and oil.
My sanctuary.
But now it felt hollow. Empty.
I’d built my life around her. Every turn of a wrench, every plan for the future... Tessa was at the center of it. And in one phone call, it was gone.
I’d thought I knew pain. Losing my dad. My little sister. Nights in prison. The fights, the blood. None of that compared to this.
I slammed a fist into the workbench, the metal rattling under the force. My knuckles split, blood dripping, but I didn’t stop.
“Goddamn it!” My roar echoed.
Debbie rushed in, wide-eyed. “Ryder!”
I turned on her, ch
