Chapter 6
“Hey, I’m home!” Ned called out.
“I’m upstairs.” I was sitting in Lily’s room, the silver necklace clasped in my hands so tightly, when I relaxed my grip, I felt a sudden ache in my knuckles.
I could feel his steady presence before he said, “You all right?” He briskly walked over to me and placed his hands on my back.
“I’m fine,” I said as he took the necklace from me.
“You been in here all day?”
“No, just a couple of minutes. I was on my way to do something and—”
“Pryor, Lily will come back tonight and we’ll make this right.”
“It might not work, it might not f*****g work and then it will be like losing her all over again.” I didn’t lose it because there was nothing left to lose. The necklace, a f*****g piece of silver jewelry, was the last bit of hope I was clinging to a
