JOSHUA
I left my parents' house never to return.
The storm was pounding the asphalt and everything in its path. I had cut all ties with my family, if you could even call them that. Why couldn't they just respect the fact that I was in love? I was exhausted, and I was driving aimlessly.
I was driving with Estefanía on my mind, wondering if she was okay, if she had a place to take shelter, if she had eaten... how much she must hate me. A shiver ran through my body, not because I was soaked, but because of the thought of never seeing her again.
I wanted her to come back to me.
I had been driving without a destination. The phone hadn't stopped ringing with my mom's insistent calls. Obviously, I wasn't going to answer anymore. Suddenly, I stopped. I had been driving until I reached the hou
