NIRVANA

He can never be trusted, Dane told me, and those words kept repeating in my head.

I’d been in the bathroom for fifteen minutes, and my nerves started to get in the way.

“Sweetheart, we can still walk away from this. It’s not too late to back out.” Knight said behind the door.

“Just give me a minute.” I breathed deeply and did the tricks I had practiced overnight. I only had one time to do this, or I would fail everyone.

I took a moment to gather myself before I ...