Chapter 033

LORRAINE

“Stay” My hand paused at the doorway as I was about to leave the room. The silence was comfortable and Chloe had laid against the bed saying nothing. The sadness remained in her eyes and she clutched her blanket tightly. I didn't miss the way her knuckles were pale.

“Stay. Josh might even be lurking for you in the hallways anyway.

Why risk it?” She said as I realized that there was a high possibility that she might be right. He always likes to feel like he has the upper hand and he might be looking for a way to drive the point across. He couldn't achieve that with Chloe. Not the way that he would like. But he could do that with me. I was the vulnerable one.

But there was no way she was offering for me to stay in her room, was she?

She looked at me expectantly, waiting for an answer. Her eyes were empty of the sternness that they usually held. They were sad and they were empty and a huge part of me wanted to do everything possible to make it go away. Maybe I would stay like