Ember's P.O.V.
Toni held me for a while, but the crying never stopped. Mom sent him and Dex home once it got dark outside. She and dad checked on me often throughout the night. I didn't sleep. I couldn't stop staring at the adjoining door to our rooms.
Around 3 in the morning I just got up and went to lay in Ash's bed. I clutched his pillow and pretended it was his large chest. My heart didn't feel like it could beat anymore. It hurts to breathe.
You're not alone.
Dex's words would keep ringing in my head like a bell, anytime I thought of how lonely I was. Ash has always, from day one, been by my side. He's been my rock, my moral support. He has been my protector, my therapist at times. He has been the person I run to all my life. Anytime I have news he's always the first person I te
