Chapter 24 She

• When they return from the kitchen, I make up a story about being too tired and sleepy, and I think he believed me because he bids me good night and walked me to the front of my room. He doesn’t try to kiss my forehead tonight, and I am pleased with that, I was not sure I would have liked that, considering all the thoughts that were playing in my head in a loop.
• The door shut behind me, without a second thought, I climbed into bed, and under the covers, hoping to separate myself from him for a while, but my thoughts were what was haunting me.
• “...he’s adopted..”