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CONNOR

F uck that fucking boyfriend of Sunny’s ! I can’t believe he blew my cover like that. I should have known better—should have known I couldn’t keep my lie going forever.

I get in the beat-up pickup truck and start the motor, revving the engine in pure rage. I want to go back inside and wrap my fingers around that fucking Charles ’ skinny throat and choke the fucking life out of him!

But that would only make Sunny more upset. She already feels betrayed and lied to and I can’t fucking say that I blame her. She was betrayed and lied to and I’m the one who lied to her. I’m the one who betrayed her. Even if she was willing to listen to me, I doubt she’d ever believe another word that came out of my mouth.

The relationship I had with her is done—it’s over. The bridge is burned and there’s no going back. There’s nothing for me to do now but go home to Fairlane and go back to my old life—the one I had before prison.

I put the truck in gear and roar off, through the empty roads of Singing Rock —the roads that feel as empty as my heart.

Sunny’s gone and I know I’m never getting her back.