Hannah seemed to immediately snap out of her daze and nodded her head quickly. “Uh, yeah, absolutely! Of course it’s okay, Kayla. Go ahead and make yourselves comfortable, okay?” She said as she gestured towards the couch opposite of where I currently stood by the door. As soon as Hannah finished talking, I closed the door behind me and turned to Jared with a smile on my face and a bright sparkle in my eyes. Jared, however, just stared at the door for several minutes before turning to look at me. I couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow questioningly and ask, “Aren’t you happy?” Jared didn’t answer right away, instead he walked closer and placed his arms around me tightly. “You don’t need to lie about why you’re staying here. I don’t care, Kayla. I’ll deal with whatever stupid thing you want

