Chapter 16 - Broken things

I did what I always do whenever I’m overwhelmed. I hid and avoided.

After meeting Dominic’s mother, I went to work and had another impromptu sleepover at Jody’s place. I was slick and able to make up an excuse not to go home with Kat, Nate, and Dominic, who had shown up later that night. I blamed it on having to do the inventory.

Dominic was suspicious. It was plain as day, but I didn’t care.

I couldn’t bear to confront him about what his mother had said to me or what I had pieced together in my head. Perhaps it was only in my mind. After all, I had a tendency to overthink things. But I couldn’t remove the scene from my head, nor the tender kiss Dominic gave me before I left for work.

It was public and affectionate. It was more than just sex.

As the days progressed, it was just a matter of leaving the house early in the morning and coming home super late, first having checked if Dominic was there to evade him. I texted Kat like a mad woman, always asking if the coast was clear. My room