Summer's Pov
The mansion is quiet when I get back.
No staff bustling around, no sounds of conversation, nothing. Just silence that echoes off the high ceilings and makes me feel small in all this space.
I head straight to my room and close the door behind me, leaning against it for a moment like I can physically block out everything that happened today. Crew's hands on my shoulders. His threat about the tutoring. That word—sis—dripping with mockery in front of Ty.
I need to stop thinking about it.
The shower helps. I stay under the hot water until my skin turns pink and the tension in my shoulders starts to loosen. When I finally emerge, wrapped in one of the impossibly soft towels from the bathroom, I feel almost human again.
I pull on comfortable clothes, leggings and an oversized
