Chapter 536

Taking a deep breath, I knocked on Brandon’s door, hoping my mouth would be as confident as my feet had been when they led me here. I was praying he was home while I still had the nerve to talk to him about everything. But he wasn’t answering. I knocked again, a little harder this time, but not the bone-shattering way I’d pounded on his door the night before.

Waiting for him to open up, I thought about the conversation I’d just had with the bosses. I didn’t want to go over it all again. I couldn’t explain why I felt the way I did, but I felt like I was letting everyone down. At one point, I actually thought I should go ahead and get Christian while I was sitting there, but I hadn’t done it. I hated the fact that Cadence had put me in the middle of the situation—keep my promise or help the team. Maybe I was just being stubborn.

And with Elliott’s speech earlier, about how I’m not who I used to be and I’m