t from Chloe ping
get rid of the baby. I don't want to ruin
you want," and then blocked
called. He looked tired b
me a favor? Make a hea
n reluctantly comp
window," he said,
ndow. The night sky above her parent
d a glittering heart, then sp
completely forgotten it was her
will be valuable one day," he'd say, never bothering to personalize it, never asking what she might actually w
y was so thought
e jolted Ava from a restless sleep. It
now! Chloe... she tried to k
roat. Despite everything, the
sweatpants and a faded t-shirt – and raced to
king pale but otherwise perfectly fine. Ethan was beside
her, grabbed her arm, and dragged her to Chloe's b
, buckling, f
d, his face inches from hers. "She almost died, and
ssaged Ava to apologize," she choked out, "and s
t. There was a tiny, superficial scratch, barely visible
erously quiet. "If I'd come tomor
grabbed the fruit knife he'd been using to peel the orange
n you do the same!" he snarled. "Yo
e looked at Ethan, at his furious, unseeing eyes. S
and, she made a small, shallow cut on her own wr
a high-pitched
her arm to Et
"traumatized" Chloe, muttering, "Idiot, who told you to cut so
ed out of the room, Ethan called after her,
bout what you've done! I'll pick y
small, sad smile touching
e, she m
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