COLEEN

I should’ve known the peace wouldn’t last.

For a week, things had been… a bit quiet. Awkward glances with Hayden in class, polite nods in passing, the occasional “hi” exchanged like we were acquaintances, I could handle that. That I could control.

But fear?

Fear always found its way back and that had been my constant state. I was afraid that Chase was going to come back. He wasn’t one to give up just because of a threat and I was not looking forward to seeing his face ...