shouldn’t be upset, but she did feel betrayed. She felt even
sicker, torn up like she’d been shredded by having to walk
miles barefoot over sharp gravel.
She wasn’t exactly surprised, even if she had been hoping
for a different outcome. She wanted to believe she could figure
something out and move on if she had to, because that was the
probable outcome, but she knew she was lying.
It did hurt like crazy. There was no denying it. She hurt for
herself. And she hurt for Adalynn. She hurt for all the things
they’d probably never be or become and how she believed that
it could have been spectacular. She wasn’t giving up and she
sure as heck wasn’t going to pack her bags and leave before
she’d paid Adalynn back in full for that hospital bill. She
wasn’t going to leave even then, not if Adalynn didn’t want
her to.
Sometimes time and patience really were the best answers,
even if Cassia felt she was in short supply of both.
Chapter 18
Adalynn
Adalynn’s fingers hovered over the post button. She’d
made the video. All she had to do was upload it. She’d spent
the better part of the night thinking about what she could do.
There were only two options. Go on as she had before, put on
a mask, capitulate, postulate, conform until she wasn’t sure
who she even was anymore just to please people she didn’t
even know, or she could be bold and brave and unapologetic.
She could tell the truth. She could stand up for herself. She
could fight for who she wanted to be, fight for the future she
wanted, fight for the woman she had feelings for.
Because she did have feelings for Cassia. Feelings that if