Annie There was something about wedding parties that I loved, so see her because of the girls' day that my mom gave for me and her whenever we had these important moments to go, so she and I spent every day getting ready doing our hair, our nails, our makeup, putting on a dress and shoes that said
So, I was very shocked and intrigued by that boy. Why the hell was he talking like that? Did he not like Uncle Jake? Whoever in its consciousness wouldn't like Jake, since he was the coolest person in the world? And if he were still single one day and if I were of legal age, I would ask him to marry
6 years later Laura When I woke up that morning, it was still very early. Jason was sleeping peacefully next to me, and I smiled at the sight. I gave him a calm kiss on the forehead, and then I intended to sneak out of bed without waking him, but he held my arm even though his eyes were still clos
Laura As soon as I left Stephen's room, I went to Daniel's room, which was right in front of the other boy's room that I had just left. Unlike Stephen, Danny was still sleeping, and he always slept with the door open, so it was easy for me to go in there and go to his bed so he could wake up. “Ti
Laura “Mommy, can I tell you something?” She asked after a while. I lifted my head to look at her face. “Of course you can, my angel,” I said, and my brow automatically furrowed. “Is something wrong going on?” It was my concern as a mother speaking louder. She giggled. "No, no. It's okay, relax
Laura There was something magical about talking about intimate and personal containment with a daughter, it was as if we had given birth to our best friend, a part of us that would never judge us for anything, and on top of that, we would find all our stories from the past so exciting and adventuro
Laura When I left my daughter's room, I returned to my room feeling a little sleepy and tired. I loved taking care of my babies, but this routine kind of became a bit demanding, not that I was complaining about anything. “Look whose back,” Jason said as soon as he saw me walking into the room. He
Laura Jason was still complaining about Anne saying that she didn't actually love her boyfriend because she didn't want to have this intimate moment with him, so I was a little confused by that. He and I were still in bed, talking about our kids, and the day had barely started, really. “Do you rea
“Why do you keep hanging out with them, Abby?” he asked, and now there was a note of concern that annoyed me even more. “You know Madison’s not good for you. She uses you, and you let her.” “It’s none of your business,” I shot back, my voice sharp. “I do what I want, Caleb. Bye.” I hung up before h
Abby POV It was a lazy Sunday, and I was at the mall’s food court, waiting at the counter to pick up snacks for myself and the “new friends” I’d managed to latch onto. The smell of grease and cheap coffee filled the air, and the hum of conversations mixed with the muffled pop music from the speaker
Caleb, Abby, Madison, Nadia—they all spun through my head like a broken carousel. I wanted to tell my parents everything, collapse and ask for help, but the thought of seeing disappointment in their eyes—or worse, them trying to intervene at Oxwell to “save” me—made me swallow the words. I had to fi
Annie POV It was the weekend, and I was at home, trying to take deep breaths and pretend everything was okay. The Oxwell campus was a few hours away, giving me temporary relief from the chaos my life had become. Here, with my parents and the twins, I could at least try to be the old Annie—the exc
Max POV Walking beside someone who’d once meant so much to me felt strange. I couldn’t stop thinking that our breakup had been a waste, couldn’t stop remembering how happy I’d been with this guy, only to ruin it all because of my ego, because of a toxic fixation I had on Albert. Conrad Adams walke
Max POV was stunned when Albert told me that, my mouth even went dry because I wasn’t expecting to hear it. Conrad Adams was back. He was my boyfriend in my early twenties. I met him through Albert, who was close friends with him during the dark days of his family’s company. Conrad was a good guy
Max POV I was driving through the city with the radio on low, just a background murmur to keep the silence from swallowing me whole, when my phone buzzed on the dashboard. Zoey. Of course it was her. The girl had already wormed her way into my house like a high-heeled parasite, and now, apparently,
Annie POV After the moment at the mall, I returned to the dorm with a tight chest, carrying the bags with the blue dress Summer had insisted I buy. The plan was to distract myself, but Madison’s words—“racist,” “canceled piece of trash”—spun in my head like a broken record, mingling with Nadia’s re
When I met her last week at a council meeting, I could tell she’d be a challenge—confident, charismatic, the type who knew how to play the game. “Ugh, Madison Goodwin is here too. What a rotten day,” I grumbled, rolling my eyes. Of course Abby would get close to Madison—she was her adopted cousin.