Chapter 85

I ring the doorbell, she opens the door with Nina propped on her hip. She looks like sh*t, her hair is in a messy bun, heavy bags under her eyes and skin pale as ever.

"She's still sleeping, do you want some coffee?" She offers, I nod and she welcomes me in.

The place is a mess, I can't imagine the stress of two children, school and now these news.

I follow her to the kitchen where she pours me a cup of coffee and rocks a tired Nina back and forth.

"It was bound to happen, I thought they would do this earlier than now," she admits, I take the coffee into my hand and take a sip then raise an eyebrow.

"Logan–despite my warnings–played with the big boys all his years. I wouldn't expect any less from him, now it's finally caught up to him. It may sound bad coming from his sister, but I'm direct not ignorant. My mother was killed by the same big boys she loved so much,"

She's adopted.

I nod silently, although she speaks with no emotion in her voice. Her eyes give everything off, she's brok