Where did you get that ring

quietly, “I didn’t know she said it like that.”

I laughed, but there was no humor in it.

“You didn’t want to know.”

He flinched.

Good.

Some truths should hurt on the way in.

My mother stepped toward me.

“Claire—”

“No. I need you to leave.”

“Sweetheart—”

“Please leave.”

Brooke nodded.

“She means it.”

My parents stared at me as if I had transformed into a stranger.continue reading …