Chapter Four
Mia
I’m so tired. My brain is all fuzzy and I feel like I’ve got to rethink everything I’ve always known about Jake. If he lied about so many things in his life, not that I didn’t do the same, then what has been true and what has just been about trying to appear strong and like life was good?
I understand why he did it, he was trying to protect me, just like I was trying to not make him feel bad that his life was going in the right direction, while I felt like my life was spiralling out of control. But we just couldn’t admit it to each other.
Jake’s fingers run over my back as we’re both sitting on the couch, his touch soft. “Do you want me to get you anything?”
I shake my head, just comfortable where I am. I don’t want to move, at all. I feel like I’ll never be able to m
