run until my ankle burns, and even then, I don’t stop.

I have to get back to Mack. I have to get away from Shane. Those are the only thoughts in my mind, the only things that matter to me right now.

I have no idea what Mack is going to say, but I have to go back and tell him something I haven’t wanted to admit to myself until now. If he doesn’t feel the same way, and he doesn’t want me, then I’ll have said it and that’s the most important thing.

Whatever happens, going back with ...