Stephanie lay in bed that night emotionally exhausted but unable to sleep. Her mind wouldn"t stop replaying different moments over and over. The punched in the gut feeling she’d gotten when she"d read the note. The safe way Noah had made her feel. Her parent"s reactions as she"d told them about Erick. She hated that part, hated admitting there was something she couldn"t deal with on her own. Her parents been supportive but like she"d known they would, they wanted to know where she"s at and who with at all times. Just like when she was twelve. The hardest restriction of all, though she did understand where it was coming from, and she knew it would be stupid to ignore her parents" wishes on this, was to never go anywhere alone.
Her independence has always been something Steph had put a prem
