Gage
I sat down hard on my ass, stretching my legs out in front of me while still holding onto Bree like she was the one thing tethering me to this earth. Maybe she was. I wasn’t about to let her go for even a second. Because I’d been telling the truth earlier—who the hell knew when we’d see each other again? I swore to myself I’d make it happen as quickly as possible, but the reality? It could take weeks. Maybe longer.
She was starting college soon, and that alone would be brutal for her. New schedules. New people. New teachers. Every part of her world was about to tilt on its axis, and she’d have to fight like hell to find her footing. And me? I was heading into my senior year, with Coach determined to break me down and rebuild me into something scouts would salivate over. My days woul
