I clasped my eyes shut.
My emotions felt stretched so thin that one more accusation, one more confrontation, or one more secret, might finally break me.
Stefan was saying something sarcastic.
Dawson was threatening him.
Neither of them seemed remotely interested in what I wanted.
Or how I felt.
Or how exhausted I actually was.
Did they even realize I just got out of the hospital?
I stood there between them for another second and suddenly, I ran.
I hurried up the mansion steps.
Through the front doors.
Past the foyer.
Past the servants staring in surprise.
I didn’t even see Dune but I didn't stop running.
I didn't care if either brother called after me.
My heartbeat thundered in my ears as I rushed upstairs.
The photographs were still clenched in my hand, I didn't even re
