-Ava-
I hummed as the sweet taste of chocolate hit my tongue. It was the best thing I had ever eaten, and when I looked at Everly, I saw her smiling as she watched me. She had not eaten even a bite of her own cake and was simply just watching me.
“Don’t you want something too?”
“Oh, right,” she chuckled and dug into her dessert.
It seemed like she had completely forgotten she had the food in front of her, and it made me smile. Tonight had shown me so much about Everly and who she was. I hadn’t felt scared in her presence, but now I was starting to truly trust her. She was giving me something I had never been given before: kindness. I had always been treated like I was a means to an end or disposable, but not to Everly. She even wanted me to make my own choices. She did not want to cont
