Chapter Fifty-Four

Max

I pace the bedroom floor as I wait for Veronica to arrive.

I said I wouldn't tell anyone about what happened with Rayne but it's slowly suffocating me. I need to tell someone or I'll lose my mind.

I can't trust anyone other than Veronica. I know she'll criticize me because who wouldn't, but she's my sister. She wouldn't hate me for it. She wouldn't judge my character. She's the one person who could understand all this.

Veronica knows me. She knows I don’t mean to hurt Alaska. She knows better than anyone how much I love Alaska. She was the one person I went to when I first started developing feelings for her, and she’s the reason why I walked up to Alaska and confessed my feelings for her. Although she pisses me off sometimes, as siblings tend to do, the advice she gave me over the years has been invaluable. I don’t know how I’d manage to do all this without her. I’m too hot-headed and impulsive for my own good. She’s more calm about things. She doesn’t ever panic, even with imp