Chapter Fourteen
RONAN
For the longest time, I stood on the porch, gob-smacked that she had ignored my commanding tone.
I dismissed the thought of running after her. It was no use. I’d seen the look on her face before she turned away. Her mind was made up. We were both alike in that way. We made decisions and followed through on them.
Stubborn, a voice in the back of my mind whispered.
I snorted. Eventually, I slouched down onto the top step, staring out at nothing. I was in shock, the argument that had come out of nowhere still drumming through my head on a loop. I didn’t know how it had escalated so quickly from one minute to the next.
I squeezed my eyes shut. Maybe when I opened them again, Kara would be back, and all the terrible things we’d said would be undone.
I opened my eye
