Chapter 14

What have I done?

I sat in a hot bath with the bathroom lights dimmed, but I couldn't relax. Every muscle in my body was tense. I laid my head back against the tub and stared at the bubbles floating across the steaming surface of the water.

I wanted to go home. .I was worried about Vega.

I had no clue where her father was or where my own father was. I had a headache from turning each problem over and over again in my mind and I still couldn't comprehend it.

My heart ached at the thought of my mom by herself. She was so fragile and dependent on my dad. I don't think she had gone a day without him up until that point. As much as I hated him, she needed him. That was the sole reason I actually cared to wonder where he was.

Then there was Adam.

God, what a man...I had never met anyone like him.

Adam was a living oxymoron. He could be so sweet and gentle one moment, but so bitter and demanding the next. I fought my consciousness over whether to give him a chance to prove himself a worthy,