Chapter 43

• She stared at him, surprised. She was home alone all the time. Wendy had a job that she went to nearly every day after school, and if she wasn’t working, she had school activities. David was either at practice or avoiding her, and her mom was usually asleep or at work. If she did have days off, Kingston usually spent them with her, and they’d go out. Of course, he always offered to take her along, but she didn’t like feeling like a family with them.
• He caressed her cheek. “You’re surprised by this?”
• “A little,” she admitted, enjoying his touch. “Guess I ignore a lot of my loneliness.”