29
WHITTON
I watched her drive away with a stone in my stomach. I couldn’t shake the feeling that space meant space. No matter how she’d meant it.
Space.
She wanted space.
I closed my eyes and dropped my head onto the steering wheel. I’d driven her home. I told her to call me when she found out what had happened with Bailey. And then I’d let her go.
What else was I supposed to do?
She had made it perfectly clear that she didn’t want my help. No matter how much I wanted to give it to her. I wouldn’t be the kind of guy who forced himself into a situation.
This wasn’t about me. It was about Bailey. Her sister had to be her first priority. If it were my sister, I’d do anything I could to make sure she was safe, damn the consequences. And with Bailey’s history, I could hardly blame Eve
