Chapter 23

Seeing the frown on my face, Kaelen stopped laughing. Concern clouded his eyes as he stepped closer to me. “What happened? Your principal called and said you left school. Dad asked me to come check up on you.”

“Of course he did. I’m grateful.” Vic cared a lot—he was doing his best to be the ideal father, and I loved him for that. But what I needed right now was space. I needed time to think, to de