His Blame, Her Liberation

ed Liam, but not before he' d put up a fight. One of the thugs had smashed his leg with a p

olarship was gon

as the

Liam' s parents, who once looked at me with such hope, now stared with a mixture of confusion

f fury. The golden boy was tarnished, and his eyes burned with a familiar, hate

He was re

is voice low and veno

sing my locker door. "I told Kevin

ured angrily at his cast. "You knew what would happen.

of our shared, miserable future, he still saw the world as something t

d end up in a miserable marriage with a man who resents me for it. I' d have a daughter who

r of recognition in his eyes wa

calm. "You got your leg broken. I got m

his anger momentari

f each other' s lives," I said.

a dark promise in

plication portal. I deleted my application to the loca

ce: University of Cal

te. A different