REED
I paused just outside Fia’s door, my hand hovering in midair like I was about to knock, though I didn’t. My chest tightened, my heartbeat suddenly picking up like I’d just taken off in a sprint. I wasn’t ready to face her and lie. I despised every aspect of this twisted version of the truth I had created to protect Kai.
But what made me sickest was having to implicate myself. Admitting that one of my friends drugged Fia while attempting to drug me did not absolve me. It meant I was the one who introduced her to a world where slipping something into a drink was considered a harmless prank. It was my fault for putting her in a situation where she could have been seriously hurt.
But I was doing it for the greater good. So I’d carry it through. Then my mind wandered back to our time
