15-05-2021-052358It-Ends-with-Us

“Okay,” I say. “What if, instead of showcasing the sweet side of flowers, we showcased the villainous side? Instead of pink acce ...

We squeeze into the office and begin moving crates out one by one and into a back room. I stand on the chair to make the piles t ...

“It’s onesie day,” he slurs into the phone. “You knew that when you dropped us off, Issa. Free beer until.. .” She groans. “Put ...

to the other guy. He steps around Marshall and the first thing I notice are his arms. Holy shit. I know those arms. Those are th ...

Ryle presses his palm against the bottom of my foot. “Push against my hand,” he says. I push down with my ankle. It hurts, but I ...

I nod. His eyes narrow as his hand moves to the underneath of my foot. He slowly traces his fingers from the tops of my toes, do ...

seated on top of it, leaning against the wall with my leg stretched out in front of me. “Well, the good news is that it isn’t br ...

He nods, and carefully sets my foot back on the table. “That is correct,” he says. “I specialize in one-night stands and you’re ...

He puts his arm around her and kisses the top of her head. “I’m proud of you, Issa.” I like that he calls her Issa, which I’m as ...

goodbye and walks toward where Marshall and Ryle are standing. They begin walking down the street and I watch them in my rearvie ...

Chapter Four It takes me half an hour to make it from my car to my apartment. I called Lucy twice to see if she could help me, b ...

reading the journals I started reading all those months ago. I hop pathetically to my closet, only tripping once. Luckily, I cat ...

He didn’t finish his sentence, so I nodded and tied the bag back up. “Do you think you can hold them for me until after school? ...

“Come on,” I told him. He followed me inside and I locked the dead bolt. “If my parents come home early, run out the back door a ...

I swear, sometimes I get so mad at her for staying with him. I know I’m only fifteen and probably don’t understand all the reaso ...

“I’m fine,” I said. “I’m just mad. Sometimes I cry when I get mad.” He reached over and tucked my hair behind my ear. I liked it ...

Chapter Five Ryle was correct. It only took a few days for my ankle to feel good enough that I could walk on it again. I waited ...

shower, put on makeup, and throw on clothes before I open the door, he’ll pretty much have to deal with me as is. I open the doo ...

“These next couple of months are the most important months in my entire career. I have to be focused. I’m closing in on the end ...

I shake my head, even though my body is starting to trade sides and beg my mind to cave to him. “I’m really good at it, Lily,” h ...