Jade pov

"Katherine," I said as softly as I could when I noticed she hadn't seen me come in. She jerked up in fear, abruptly turning to the sound of my voice. "Woah, are you okay?"

Her eyes became really glassy and I watched a tear slip down from her eyes. "No."

I hated that she cried, so instinctively, I rushed to her.

"You'll be okay. I promise," I assured, collecting her into my arms for a hug, hoping that it helped.

"No. It's deeper than that. It's not okay," Katherine argued, shaking my head but I didn't care if she thought of her situation as too bad to fix,...