Sage
I drove back like a madman, the car’s engine roaring louder than my thoughts. The roads blurred past. Red lights I barely stopped for. Horns I ignored. My heart hammered against my ribs the entire way, a frantic, uneven rhythm that matched the panic clawing up my throat.
Eve.
Her name kept echoing in my head, louder with every mile. I needed to see her. I needed to explain. I needed to beg if that’s what it took. The bug on my shirt, the one she’d planted during that gentle forehead kiss, had betrayed me completely. She’d heard it all. The lie. The truth about my father. The way I’d chosen to protect him over giving her answers.
I pulled into the driveway too fast, tires screeching. The house looked too quiet, too still. I killed the engine and ran up the steps, keys fumbling in m
