*Kane's POV* It’s finally here. The day we go to my father’s house for the second time. Only this time, everything has changed. The task of pretending like I’m not madly in love with Violet seems so insurmountable at this point that I’m terrified we might both end up suffering. I haven’t told her how I feel and I don’t plan to. I won’t. Not unless I can somehow figure out how to unravel the knot my father created that can ruin my life and now hers too. I head out to pick her up from the dorms. She had to go back to pack her bags and spend some time with Stella before leaving. She feels like a bad roommate for spending so much time here which is absurd because Stella gets it and is completely fine hanging out with other people from the dorm. Violet is just very sensitive to other people’s

