Chapter 15

ELLIE

“Are you sure about this?” I asked again, feeling unsure of the sudden decision to hop in on the party. But then, there were just a lot of things that made me want to stay. One of them being the free liquor.

“Trust me, Ellie. I'm here with you, alright?” Kai reassured me. He had been able to sneak me out of my room through the window to get me there.

That turned out to be the outcome of the back-and-forth texting we had been doing in the last couple of hours. I was beginning to get quite used to having Kai around and I wondered if that was a good thing or not.

I had told him that I had been feeling a bit down and that I needed some company. The news of my mother's release had me doing all sorts of odd things to get away from the harsh reality that awaited me.

And that party happened to be one of them, even though Kai was taking it as some sort of outing for us to bond. All those secret thoughts I kept to myself were bound to keep me from enjoying the moment like I was meant to