When Peyton first arrived back in Wickham Falls. She’d been wound as tight as a rope, itching to ask Max why he abandoned her three years ago the way he did. But her pride and fear kept her lips zipped. And whenever she thought he was attempting to tell her. Peyton prevented him from uttering a word for the same reasons, unsure what Max might say, even though she hoped her thoughts of him deliberately hurting weren’t true. But fear of the unknown and her concern about everyone else's feelings kept her from diving into what felt like an emotional abyss.
Peyton was trying to keep peace with her mother, sister Nadia, and even Max, taking into account her stepfather’s pending health condition. But she had to remind herself it was time to be a little concerned about Peyton Jenkins. Why should
