I gave Derek a side-eye, licking my dry lips. "Derek, has anyone ever told you how childish you are?"

He was perfect in every way, except for his sharp tongue and attitude.

Never knew when to shut up. When we were kids, unless I was bawling my eyes out, he rarely said anything nice.

But I was the same way back then. Spoiled and domineering.

We’d been born with similar natures, but these twenty-some years of experience had changed me and forced me to become a better ...