Chapter Seven
Dylan
When Jake opens the front door, it stings to not see Mia with him. Even though I rationally knew she wouldn’t be coming back, I still had some hope that she would. I don’t know why, because I already knew that she wouldn’t, Jake even said it, that we can’t force her to come back to us. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t want to get up and just get her, bring her back to us right now, just because I want her to.
“How was it?” I get up from the couch in the living room. “How was she?”
“She was exhausted, in pain.” He lets out a slow breath as he takes his shoes off. “I asked her if she’d come back with me, but she said that she couldn’t.” He stands up straight, looking around. “Where are Mal and Tom?”
Mal’s gig this evening fell through, since they broke the whole ba
