I said goodbye to Hana and Riley. Our goodbye was a bit stiff and awkward. The tension from earlier was stifling the air around us. I stood by the front door and watched as the car they came in disappeared until I could no longer see them. This might be the last time I saw them. I wasn’t sure how much time either of us had left.
I would be leaving soon too. To find Julian. Once I find him, then he will help me. My mother wouldn’t have sent me to find him if she didn’t trust him. Then I could avenge her death and everything will be right in the world again.
Maybe Hunter will stop hating me. Maybe one day we will get back to how we were when I was six and he was eight. Maybe we will go back to being best friends again. Wouldn’t that be something. I knew better. Nothing would ever be the sa
