Morgan
I walked forward, saying to Brody, “I was waiting for you.”
After seeing the car’s headlights shut off, I had expected him to walk down to the cabin. When he hadn’t, I went outside, and that was when I heard their voices.
I looked at this girl, who was so beautiful my chest felt tight for some reason.
“Morgan!” Brody glanced from me to Finn and then back again.
Finn’s arm fell from the girl’s shoulders. The blood drained from his face, and he took a faltering step toward me. “Morgan.”
I stepped back.
I wasn’t there to see Finn.
It wasn’t that I didn’t want to see him. It was just, he used to be family. And that word, family, brought pressure I never know how to handle so I stopped trying. It muddied everything up inside of me.
I looked at Brody. “She’s your friend?”
Brody’
