Chapter 54 – Emerson
CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
EMERSON
I drive.
I press the pedal to the metal and push the limits of the engine as I roar down the rural road. I use the rush of the air through the open windows to fill my ears and drown out my thoughts. And to dry my tears.
I don’t know where I’m going.
I have no clue.
All I know is I need space and freedom and air that Grant Malone doesn’t breathe.
All I want is to lose myself in something— possibly in someone— so I can remind myself why I don’t let my guard down.
All I need are my rules back in place.
All I want is my chest to stop hurting and my heart back.
I know that, regardless of how determined I was to hold on to it, I left it back at Grant’s house.
I gave my heart to him, and I gave my trust to him.
And he has just broken both.