“Brock, let’s talk about this,” Mallory called after him as he stormed up the stairs.

“Ssshhh!” Brock turned on the stairs. “Jocelyn doesn’t need this... and neither does Caden.”

Mallory nodded. “Brock, don’t do this.”

“Do what?” he asked when they were upstairs. “Tonight was actually our first date.” But even as he walked into his bedroom, he knew it was so much more than that. He quickly packed his things and headed out into the hallway. “Goodbye, Mallory.”

She nodded, turned, and walked into her bedroom, closing the door behind her without saying another word.

Caden met him at the bottom of the stairs. “What happened?”

Brock shook his...