This is the moment Cayden tells me to stop with the conspiracy theories and drags me inside. The moment when he puts my uncertainties to bed once and for all. But when he draws his silence out, I know I’m about to receive a lot more than I bargained for. A simple word shouldn’t have the power to change the world. But it does.
“Yes.”
The heavens choose this moment to open with a downpour of punishing rain, which is ironic, considering I feel like I’m submerged. Even though the rain drowns us both, neither of us moves. We’re caught in a deadlock. Cayden has just revealed what I always knew to be true. But now that he’s confirmed my worst fears, I need to know why he lied.
I thought once Cayden told me the truth, things would become clearer, and maybe, just maybe, I’d remember. But now tha
