POV: Desi Whitmore

Miranda found me in the library three days later.

"Heard you're thinking about leaving. Want to discuss that before you make decisions you'll regret?"

"Who told you?"

"Bea. Who's worried you're running from trauma instead of processing it. She asked me to talk to you since I have experience with almost destroying everything and choosing to stay anyway."

"Your situation was different. You almost destroyed reality. I almost lost my boyfriend to suicide."

"Both are trauma. ...