*Ava*

It’s early when Liam and Daniel pull up to the apartment. They’re here to pick us up, and something inside me is screaming not to leave. It’s adamant that this isn’t the last time I’m coming here. All of this will just be temporary, I know it.

I hope so, anyway.

“Have everything you need, babe?” Daniel asks Emma.

“I think so,” she says, looking at what she’s got in her arms and suitcase. “It’s just difficult to imagine ...