Chapter 35 : Moving Forward

Astrid

I sat up and tried to shake off the cloudy feeling in my mind. The knock on the door came again. It wasn’t loud or demanding, but it was insistent.

Pretending that I was asleep probably wouldn’t work.

“Yes?” I called out.

I grabbed Tristan’s jacket from where it was lying on the bed and quickly shoved it into my shoulder bag. I didn’t want anyone to see a man’s jacket in my room and get the wrong idea. The last thing I needed was for someone to get it into their head that I was sneaking guys into my room. Life was complicated enough without that.

“Are you awake?” my dad asked.

“Yeah,” I called back. “Come in.”

The door opened immediately and he walked into the room. He closed the door, then looked at me. My heart sank. I could tell immediately that something was wrong. Dad’s eyes were stormy and he was avoiding making direct eye contact with me.

Did Eddie tell him the truth about what happened? If dad had grilled him about it, I wouldn’t blame him for coming cle