Chapter 43

The rest of the weekend passed in a blur, and I breezed through activities.

Not really. I had been cooped up in my room most of the time, because that seemed to be the only way to ward Jaden off.

The kiss I’d initiated had sent a very wrong message, and I paid the price, so staying locked in my room was the best way to avoid him.

It wasn’t even a vacation anymore because at that point I might as well have been in some rat hole, because it didn’t make any difference.

Growing up, I’d always wished to go on vacations, and Hawaii was at the top of that bucket list, but after my father’s death, the money he left for us was used to survive. Me on food, and my mother on crack.

And now, I’d been giving an opportunity to live my dream, and I let it slip through my fingers, and no matter how much I tried to convince myself I was staying locked in in my room to avoid Jaden, I knew the real reason.

Chase.

I had thought having him on this trip would be a disaster, but his absence was more of a di