My mother’s hazel eyes slim. “What’s with the bitter tone? I’ve gotta say, Presley, I do know you’ve been via lots, however that boy has, too. You don’t have any proper to be upset that he’s discovered his means, particularly because you’re…” She appears to be like away. “By no means thoughts. Now’s not the time.”

I rise up. “No, let’s do that. Particularly since I’m what, Mother? Particularly since I’m the one who left?”

She releases a harsh exhale. “You understand I’d by no means fault you for leaving, Presley. I do know you have been hurtin’ and also you felt getting away was the best choice on the time. However I don’t perceive why you needed to reduce us out of your life, too. That half by no means made sense.”

I gesture to my beat-up face. “I didn’t need you to see this. I used to be afraid you’d know. If we talked too usually, or in case you got here for a go to, I used to be afraid you’d see proper via me. I used to be so ashamed. I’m so ashamed.”

Nice, now I’m crying once more.

“Oh, honey.” My mother pulls me into her arms and lets me cry on her shoulder till my tears are all dried out.

“Sorry.” I wipe the tears off my face. “Lord, I’m so sick of crying.”

My mom gently frames my face together with her fingers. “I’ve a sense you’ve been saving up quite a lot of tears. You cry as a lot as you have to.”

And now I’m blubbering.

“Look, Presley. Why don’t you go upstairs and relaxation for some time? You appear to be it’s been an terrible very long time because you’ve had a great sleep.”

It has.

“Okay. That’s most likely a good suggestion. If… if I sleep via dinner, will you please wake me?”

She nods. “In fact. Get some relaxation, expensive.”

I give her a fast one-armed hug. “Thanks, Mother.”

My mother pats the again of my head. “Anytime, child.”

Chapter 13

Presley

– Age 17

“Good lord, Beck, the place did you discover ways to try this?”

He flashes me his attractive smirk. “You favored that, did you?”

I roll onto my facet and pull him right into a kiss. “I like something you do. You all the time know what my physique desires earlier than I do.”

It’s Saturday evening, so Beck and I’ve spent the previous couple of hours below the celebs at the back of his pickup. It’s been cooler than common currently, however we by no means have any issues holding heat when it’s simply the 2 of us beside our pond. Beck rolls me onto my again and hovers over me. I can really feel him hardening in opposition to my thigh, despite the fact that we simply completed making love a couple of minutes in the past.

“That’s since you’re a part of me, Pres. I’ll all the time know find out how to care for you. In each means.”

I snigger when he wags his eyebrows on the innuendo. “So assured, aren’t you?”

He lowers himself down for a kiss. God, this man can get me going with the slightest effort.

“It’s a part of my attraction,” he says when he pulls away. “You understand you adore it.”

I wrap my arms round his neck. “I can’t wait to turn out to be your spouse someday.”

He flashes his blinding smile. “Me neither.”

We’re not formally engaged, however that’s been our plan since we have been about fifteen. We’ll get married proper after faculty and have our first child by twenty-five. I can’t think about something I would like extra. We have now all of it mapped out, besides the place we’ll be residing. It’s been virtually a month since I gave Beck that brochure on NYU, and we haven’t talked about it since. I’m attempting to offer him time—I do know I’m asking him to go means out of his consolation zone—however the utility deadline for the autumn semester is approaching. He must decide quickly.

“Hey, have you considered New York?”

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