Driving away from her mother’s apartment with Kade in the middle of the night felt like something out of a dream. It was all hazy. And it didn’t help that she had mixed feelings about it.
The cocktail consisted mainly of relief and sorrow. Aleah was relieved to finally leave her problems behind. She was finally free of Charles and the arranged marriage to Logan. But the thought of never seeing her mother again made her sad.
Aleah realized that was probably one of the reasons running away hadn’t been top of her list in the beginning. It meant separating from the only parent she had. Aleah loved her mother. She wasn’t happy Lauren wasn’t doing more to shield her from Charles, but she loved her, and leaving her hurt something wicked. Especially when she didn’t know if she would see her aga
