Chapter 3Hearing low voices in the kitchen, Tris changed direction and headed to his room. He took a second to peek in on Candice as he passed her open door and pain twisted his heart. The orthopedic bed took up most of the space, with his sister a tiny sleeping figure in the center under white sheets. He went in to check on her, and tears blurred his gaze. She looked so helpless. Her blonde hair lay in wisps around her sunken cheeks and hollow eyes. Still lovely, but in a fragile way rather than the glowing beauty before the accident. Tris placed a kiss on her forehead then tiptoed out of the room.
He changed into old jeans and paused before the mirrored wardrobe. His blue eyes blinked back at him under his pale bangs. His cheeks were thinner and his rib cage stood out more prominently t
