SHILOH:
I wake up with a heavy sigh, my eyes swollen and gritty from last night’s endless tears. I’m not sure when I finally drifted off to sleep, but I was awake well past 3 a.m.
The room feels too quiet, and the air is still tense, while Kyler’s words echo in my mind: “I want you gone in the morning.” But I can’t leave. Not like that, I love him too much to just walk away. I have to fix this. I can not undo everything that has happened, so the only thing I can do is stay and endure his wrath until he is calm enough to hear my pleas. I know he’ll calm down eventually. I just have to keep telling him how sorry I am.
Glancing at the clock, I see it’s just before 7 a.m., which means he should wake up at any moment. So, with a deep breath, I drag myself out of bed and stumble towards the
