Shattered Alibi

Cassia.

Everything was important today. Everything felt like a fucking crack spreading through the walls of this house.

I brushed a hand over Callum’s hair. “I’ll be right back, okay?”

He looked at me for a second, like he was deciding whether to argue.

“Okay,” he said at last, but his voice was distant.

I hated leaving him like that. Hated it. I stood, pressing a kiss to the top of his head befor