Sienna

I barely slept. Even after the call with Jaxon, even after he asked that question that turned my stomach upside down—

“Would you love to see me when I come down?”

I said nothing.

I ended the call pretending my battery died.

And since then, his words kept replaying like an echo that refused to leave my head.

By the time morning came, my stomach was tight, my head was heavy, and everything in between felt like it was shaking.

Mom dropped me at school again, the same way she had for the past week, with that careful tone like I was made of thin glass.

“Do you want...