Chapter Twenty-Nine
“H-how?”
AJ turns away, staring at the wall. “I can’t answer that.”
“Can’t, or won’t?”
“Bax—”
“No!” I explode, no longer caring if the others can hear me. “Either you don’t know, or you do and you won’t tell me. Both ways make your warnings completely f*****g worthless. People are depending on me—Natalie, Piper, the senator, not to mention Chrissy!”
He faces me again. His expression has softened, but not much. “You’re really gonna risk your life for a girl you don’t even know? A girl who destroyed so many lives?”
“If that’s what it takes.”
AJ runs a hand over his face. “Bernard…Bax…if you’re still trying to atone for what happened to me—”
“I’m not.” I gesture at my unmade bed. “Do you know how many nights I’ve laid right there, staring up at the ceiling, wonder
