A woman has spent her life being chosen second while the man she loves keeps returning to someone else. When he makes the same choice once more, she finally decides to put herself first and walk away. Her journey becomes one of reclaiming her own worth and discovering what love looks like when she stops waiting to be picked.
Syrah pretends to help me inside, but before she gets far, Kale stops her. Everyone turns to Kale in surprise, trying to read the cold look on his face. I said leave her alone. Kale looks up at me, the firelight glowing across his handsome face.
But what comes out of his mouth feels like a nightmare. Viola, if you're pretending to be scared of fire to get sympathy, You're wasting your time his friends immediately pile on he's right Viola. Stop making such a big deal out of it It's just a bonfire
Sarah's been looking forward to this forever Everyone's here. So don't ruin it for the rest of us The other guests start whispering among themselves Their murmurs drift into my ears
They're all saying I'm being too sensitive and dramatic. I Look coldly at the faces around the fire have nothing left to say once I shut the bedroom door the noise and judgment from the courtyard stay outside the old scars on my back keep throbbing everything
that just happened at the bonfire keeps replaying in my head eight years ago I ran into a burning building to save an unconscious kale these scars are what I got in return my parents rushed there and died trying to save me back then kale