Chapter thirty-four

You can sit your ass down. I'm only going to clean myself," I told him and headed to the bathroom.

"Don't follow me," I said, closing the bathroom.

I was so angry that I wanted to scream at someone. I knew he might not want to share both stories, but at least he should tell me one. He would not tell me why his eyes kept turning red or what happened between Joe and his mother. Being in the dark was frustrating.

I cleaned myself off and headed back to the room. Hayden was sitting on the bed.

I slid back in without a word, then turned my back to him. I felt him on my back, and he placed his hand on me, and I pushed it off.

"As long as there will be secrets in this house, I don't want you to hold me anymore," I said without looking at him.

I laid back down, and his hand did not touch me again. I kept waiting for his hand to touch me again, so I could swap it again.

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When I woke up the next morning, Hayden was not in bed with me. I yawned and stretched out. I pushed to the foot of the b