Claire

When Andy pulled into the small parking lot at the back of Irish Ink, Adrian's car was the first one I noticed. I hadn't seen or spoken to him after finding out about his past. Would he be angry with Andy for exposing his dark history to me? It's now obvious that Adrian doesn't want this shared around; otherwise, he would have told Jupiter and me, himself, at the soccer game last week.

My next dilemma was how to act around him now. The abuse that he endured from his mother was ...