*Lucas*

This won’t come as a surprise, but I didn’t sleep very well that night after my argument with Lauren and the heart-to-heart with my mother. I had become used to sleeping with Lauren and being in the bed without her was hard to deal with. And I still had on my mind the issue of what was going on with her.

In the middle of the night with my insomnia, I decided that if she weren’t going to tell me what was wrong, I would find another way. I was ...