Chapter 24
Jase
Avery is quiet on the ride back to my mom’s. She spends the drive flipping through the radio stations. I can tell there’s something going on inside her head, but I don’t pressure her. I know she isn’t quite there yet with me, I know she’s getting closer to letting me in. Especially after I’d manned up tonight and apologized to Lauren.
Avery and I didn’t stay long at Radar’s after my conversation with Lauren. It started off awkward, but as soon as I’d uttered the words I’m sorry, her shoulders dropped and she’d instantly relaxed around me. She said she accepted my apology and it was like a weight was lifted off my shoulders.
After that, the words just came to me. I told her how I’d used girls as a distraction to escape my home life, and she admitted she learned girls c
