JUNIPER
Axel’s hair dripped onto my hand, and it was the only noise that passed between us. He looked at my lips and then back at my eyes.
“I wanted to tell you so much more,” Axel said. “I probably pushed it too far by even saying that much. If you had remembered everything because of me, then…”
“Then what?” I prompted. Ethan asked me for his trust about why they didn’t tell me, and I agreed to put my faith in him. However, I ran out of his apartment before Ethan gave me any real details.
“Ethan would explain it better.” Axel swallowed hard, and his throat bobbed up and down.
I put my hand on his and leaned in a little more. “Ethan’s not here. You are. Just tell me.”
Axel grabbed my hand, but he pulled away, clearing the air between us. “You were our best friend. Your parents worked
